(8898) Linnaea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1995 by G. Emerson at Golden.
Linnaea Barton Keammerer (1980-1992) died in an accidental shooting. An avid student of nature, she was told while observing comet 1P/Halley in 1986 that she would almost certainly live to see it again. Linnaea enjoyed writing poetry: “One star silent in the sky, Twinkling, yet I don't know why.”Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Linnaea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Linnaea is 2.59 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8898 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SL5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.08 km (#15,013 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 3.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.952 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.