(25552) Gaster Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Richard Gaster (b. 1984), with Drew Hall, won the 2009 Student Humanitarian Supreme Prize of the IEEE “Change the World” competition. Their “Nanolab” project applies engineering and leadership skills to benefit humanity by solving the problem of limited availability of medical laboratories in third-world countries.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gaster is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gaster is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25552 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XS168 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0727 |
| Inclination | 5.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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