(225277) Stino Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by Schmadel, L. D., Stoss, R. M. at Palomar.
The name Stino, suggested by the letters of the provisional designation, and an abbreviation for the German word stinknormal, meaning “boringly normal”, was chosen for this absolutely ordinary main-belt minor planet, discovered on scans of the original Palomar-Leiden plates taken by T. Gehrels.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stino is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stino is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 225277 |
| Provisional designation | 1960 SN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0717 |
| Inclination | 5.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites