(15501) Pepawlowski
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Asteroid (15501) Pepawlowski |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8700 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0732 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6599 AU - 3.0802 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.7082 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.86 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | LINEAR |
| Date of discovery | July 13, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 NK10, 1997 ER 35 , 1998 HO 94 |
| 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. | |
(15501) Pepawlowski is a main belt asteroid . He was discovered on July 13, 1999 by LINEAR in Socorro .
The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis . The timeless (not osculating ) orbital elements of (15501) Pepawlowski are almost identical to those of 27 other asteroids, which include (1223) Neckar and (227,641) Nothomb belong.
The asteroid is named after Peter Michal Pawlowski (* 1985), a student at Troy High School in Fullerton, California , who was a 2003 Intel Science Talent Search finalist . The Intel Science Talent Search is a research competition for senior high school students.
See also
Web links
- (15501) Pepawlowski in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (15501) Pepawlowski in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)