25108 Boström

Boström
Discovery and designation
Discovery site Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
Discovery date September 14, 1998
Designations
MPC designation 25108
Alternate name(s) 1998 RV55
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 2.6340565
Peri 2.1996081
Eccentricity 0.1649351
Orbital period 1561.4786682
Mean anomaly 208.72743
Inclination 7.34105
Longitude of ascending node 207.30240
Absolute magnitude (H) 14.6

25108 Boström (provisional designation: 1998 RV55) is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project in Socorro, New Mexico on September 14, 1998.[1] It is named after Johan Ingemar Boström, one of the two team members in the team project who won second place at the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=25108. Retrieved 13 March 2010. 
  2. ^ "Citation for (25108)". Harvard University. http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/~cgi/ShowCitation.COM?num=025108. Retrieved 13 March 2010.