(25165) Leget Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Robert Leget (b. 1935) is an American educator who taught high school earth science, chemistry and math for 30 years, mostly at Buckeye High in Medina, Ohio. Named Outstanding Secondary Earth Science Teacher for Ohio by the National Assoc. of Geology Teachers, he inspired generations of students.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Leget is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leget is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25165 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SK62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.12 km (#14,908 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.170 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.239 |
| Inclination | 6.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.814 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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