(25160) Joellama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Joseph “Joe” Llama (b. 1988) is a tenure track astronomer at Lowell Observatory. He started at Lowell as a postdoc working with Evgenia Shkolnik. His research is broadly focused on stars and extrasolar planets. Joe is also an amateur photographer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joellama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joellama is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25160 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SN58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.40 km (#16,456 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.237 |
| Inclination | 2.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.786 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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