(25541) Greathouse Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kenneth Greathouse mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, Missouri.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Greathouse is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Greathouse is 3.40 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25541 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XB160 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.31 km (#12,018 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.217 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 4.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 3.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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