(25176) Thomasaunins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Thomas Rudolf Aunins (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his physical sciences project. He attends the Lenape Middle School, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thomasaunins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thomasaunins is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25176 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 ST81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.71 km (#15,838 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.241 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0388 |
| Inclination | 0.803° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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