(25486) Michaelwham Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Tyler Wham (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his zoology project. He attends the Sterling Ridge Home School, Woodlands, Texas.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelwham is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelwham is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25486 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XF81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.37 km (#16,492 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.497 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 6.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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