(25018) Valbousquet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Franck Valbousquet (b. 1959) is a French optician and amateur astronomer. He has been working with many amateur and professionals, improving instruments and photographing the skies, from southern France and from Antarctica, during a collaboration with the Nice University Astrophysics department.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Valbousquet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Valbousquet is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25018 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QN6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.40 km (#14,229 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.221 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 6.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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