(25098) Gridnev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maxim Gennadievich Gridnev (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science team project. He attends the Physical and Mathematical Lyceum #30, Saint Petersburg, Russia.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gridnev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gridnev is 2.27 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25098 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RQ47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 13.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 4.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Maxim
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Also discovered on 14 September 1998
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