(25180) Kenyonconlin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kenyon Rex Conlin (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his physical sciences project. He attends the Rocky Mountain Middle School, Heber City, Utah.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kenyonconlin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kenyonconlin is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25180
Provisional designation1998 SM107
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.38 km (#11,885 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.192
Absolute magnitude (H)14.1
Orbital period4.13 years
Semi-major axis2.57 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.32 – 2.82 au
Eccentricity0.0966
Inclination2.66°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.31 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 26 September 1998

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