(25137) Seansolomon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Sean Solomon (b. 1945), director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, is a geophysicist and planetary scientist who has studied the Earth's mid-ocean ridges and the surfaces of Venus, Mars and the Moon. He is the Principal Investigator for NASA's MESSENGER mission.Naming citation (20110715/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Seansolomon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seansolomon is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25137 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SS23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.00 km (#15,227 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.216 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 5.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.798 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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