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25108 Boström

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Discovery date
  
14 September 1998

Observation arc
  
6828 days (18.69 yr)

Absolute magnitude
  
14.1

Discovery site
  
Experimental Test Site

MPC designation
  
25108

Alternative names
  
1998 RV55

Discovered
  
14 September 1998

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Aphelion
  
3.0681779 AU (458.99288 Gm)

Perihelion
  
2.2015337 AU (329.34475 Gm)

Semi-major axis
  
2.634856 AU (394.1688 Gm)

Discoverer
  
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research

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. 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.

References

25108 Boström Wikipedia