(25053) Matthewknight Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Matthew M. Knight (b. 1978) is an astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. He has studied many aspects of cometary dynamics and their physical properties over multiple wavelengths to improve understanding of sungrazing comets and fragmenting comets.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matthewknight is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matthewknight is 3.13 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25053 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QB55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.10 km (#8,775 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.189 |
| Rotation period | 54.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 5.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0807 |
| Inclination | 8.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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