(25491) Meador Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Granger Meador mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Bartlesville High School, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Meador is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meador is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25491
Provisional designation1999 XS84
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.73
Orbital period4.34 years
Semi-major axis2.66 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.29 – 3.03 au
Eccentricity0.139
Inclination6.32°
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 7 December 1999

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