(25015) Lairdclose Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 1998 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Laird M. Close (b. 1967), Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona, is an expert in adaptive optics, particularly as applied to the study of brown dwarfs, exoplanets and asteroids. He was a co-discoverer of the satellite of (45) Eugenia, the first asteroid satellite imaged from Earth, as well as (90) Antiope, and others.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lairdclose is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lairdclose is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25015 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QN2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.90 km (#15,450 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.365 |
| Rotation period | 4.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 5.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.778 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 August 1998
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- (12874) Poisson
- (13705) Llapasset
- (14129) DiBucci
- (21562) Chrismessick
- (21563) Chetgervais
- (25074) Honami