(15500) Ananthate spatula

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Asteroid
(15500) ananthate spatula
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2.4563  AU
eccentricity 0.1325
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1309 AU - 2.7818 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.8189 °
Sidereal period 3.85 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.7 mag
history
Explorer LINEAR
Date of discovery March 19, 1999
Another name 1999 FO26, 1993 TL 47 , 1995 KE
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(15500) Ananthate is a main belt asteroid .

It was discovered on March 19, 1999 by LINEAR in Socorro .

The asteroid is named after Anant Ramesh Patel (* 1984), a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search , a research competition for senior high school students.

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