(84225) Verish Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 September 2002 by R. Matson at Palomar.
Geologist Robert S. Verish (b. 1947), an engineering contractor for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is an experienced meteor observer and meteorite-recovery expert. He has found over 100 meteorites in California, Nevada and Arizona, including the “Los Angeles” shergottite---the fourteenth recognized meteorite from Mars.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Verish is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Verish is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 84225 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 RO236 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 4.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.