(15507) Rengarajan
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Asteroid (15507) Rengarajan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3955 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1426 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0538 AU - 2.7372 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.6570 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.71 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | LINEAR |
| Date of discovery | September 9, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 RC166, 1981 UC 22 , 1998 KO 40 , 1999 RF 79 |
| 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. | |
(15507) Rengarajan is a major belt asteroid .
It was discovered by LINEAR in Socorro on September 9, 1999 .
The asteroid is named after Michelle Rengarajan (* 1985), a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search , a research competition for senior high school students.
See also
Web links
- (15507) Rengarajan in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (15507) Rengarajan in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).