(25164) Sonomastate Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Sonoma State University, located in Rohnert Park, California, has been educating students in the liberal arts and sciences since 1961. It has a nationally recognized Education and Public Outreach program for space missions and STEM teacher education, and its physics students have built a successful CubeSat.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-12-03), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sonomastate is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sonomastate is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25164 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SJ62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.16 km (#14,805 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.307 |
| Rotation period | 16.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.255 |
| Inclination | 7.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.767 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 September 1998
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- (21576) McGivney
- (22725) Drabble
- (25165) Leget
- (25166) Thompson
- (38044) Michaellucas
- (49118) Sergerochain
- (52872) Okyrhoe
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- (79645) Jancovici
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- (222032) Lupton