(25189) Glockner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Whittemore Glockner (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health science and microbiology project. She attends the Rhoades School, Encinitas, California.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Glockner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Glockner is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25189 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SD118 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.90 km (#15,454 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.192 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 1.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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