(25597) Glendahill Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 December 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Glenda Hill (b. 1948) has volunteered in the Lowell Observatory Archives since 2010. She has catalogued the correspondence of V.M. Slipher, Percival Lowell and Wrexie Louise Leonard. Glenda has become quite adept at deciphering poor handwriting. She is married to outreach volunteer Gene Hill.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Glendahill is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Glendahill is 2.07 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25597 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 YS14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.85 km (#15,543 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.377 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.68 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.259 |
| Inclination | 4.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.677 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (47466) Mayatoyoshima
- (75555) Wonaszek
- (75562) Wilkening
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