(15501) Pepawlowski

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Asteroid
(15501) Pepawlowski
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.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)