(25183) Grantfisher Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Grant Garrett Fisher (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his animal and plant sciences project. He attends the Pi Beta Phi Elementary School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Grantfisher is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grantfisher is 3.24 au from the Sun and 4.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25183 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SJ115 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.69 km (#13,483 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.297 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 5.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 1.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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