(25940) Mikeschottland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Michael R. Schottland (1889-1962) was an industrialist, philanthropist and avid amateur astronomer, who founded the Virginia Mirror Company, which still thrives today. He is the original owner and donor of the astrograph that would become the LONEOS telescope, an instrument that was used to discover many asteroids.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikeschottland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikeschottland is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25940 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 ET5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.75 km (#7,948 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 4.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0632 |
| Inclination | 4.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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