(25930) Spielberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 February 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Steven Spielberg (b. 1946), regarded by many as one of the best movie directors in recent history, is a five-time winner of the Academy Best Director Award with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982), E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1983), Schindler's List (1994) and Saving Private Ryan (1999).Naming citation (20011101/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Spielberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Spielberg is 2.11 au from the Sun and 1.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25930 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 DJ54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 3.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.853 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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