(25051) Vass Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Gheorghe Vass (b. 1944) is an astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy specializing in celestial mechanics, motions of satellites and computation of ephemerides. He was a pioneer in implementing cluster analysis techniques in remote sensing data.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vass is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vass is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25051 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QE53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.67 km (#6,915 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Rotation period | 0.570 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 14.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.