(25178) Shreebose Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Shree Bose (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Trinity Valley School, Fort Worth, Texas.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shreebose is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shreebose is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25178
Provisional designation1998 SA96
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.46
Orbital period3.69 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.94 – 2.84 au
Eccentricity0.190
Inclination3.60°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.919 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 26 September 1998

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