(25182) Siddhawan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sidharth Dhawan (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Meadow Park Middle School, Beaverton, Oregon.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Siddhawan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Siddhawan is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25182
Provisional designation1998 ST110
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.19 km (#12,293 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.253
Absolute magnitude (H)14.33
Orbital period4.41 years
Semi-major axis2.69 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.52 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.0636
Inclination2.55°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.51 au

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

Also discovered on 26 September 1998

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