(25151) Stefanschroder Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Stefan E. Schröder (b. 1970) is a planetary imaging specialist at the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Berlin. He developed the photometric model for Vesta's surface, enabling the interpretation of albedo features revealed through Dawn mission images.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stefanschroder is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stefanschroder is 2.15 au from the Sun and 1.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number25151
Provisional designation1998 SS53
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.89 km (#6,694 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0780
Absolute magnitude (H)14.13
Orbital period4.60 years
Semi-major axis2.76 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.14 – 3.39 au
Eccentricity0.225
Inclination9.48°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.16 au

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

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