(25109) Hofving Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tobias Olof Hofving (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his animal sciences team project. He attends the Donnergymnasiet Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hofving is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hofving is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25109 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RR56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 1.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tobias
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