(25050) Michmadsen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Kaergaard Madsen (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental sciences team project. He attends the Vejle Technical High School, Vejle, Denmark.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michmadsen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michmadsen is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25050 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QN50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.40 km (#14,226 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.350 |
| Rotation period | 9.75 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 5.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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