(25228) Mikekitt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Michael Kitt (b. 1941) is an amateur astronomer who has written numerous articles about lunar observing and is author of The Moon: an Observing Guide for Backyard Telescopes. He is a long-standing Lowell Observatory Advisory Board member and a supporter of preservation activities there.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-03-23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikekitt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikekitt is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25228 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TR30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.58 km (#8,151 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.162 |
| Rotation period | 6.19 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0204 |
| Inclination | 5.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.92 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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