(251625) Timconrow Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 February 2010 by WISE at WISE.

Tim Conrow (b. 1958) is a senior engineer at the California Institute of Technology's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. He is an expert in astronomical data analysis, software development and science data processing system design, including datasets such as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and NEOWISE.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Timconrow is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Timconrow is 3.44 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number251625
Provisional designation2010 DD21
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.09 km (#12,522 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0300
Absolute magnitude (H)15.96
Orbital period4.53 years
Semi-major axis2.74 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.00 – 3.47 au
Eccentricity0.270
Inclination18.2°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.991 au

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

Also named after someone called Tim

Also discovered on 17 February 2010

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