(15467) Aflorsch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 January 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.
Alphonse Florsch (b. 1929) was, for many years, the director of the Observatoire de Strasbourg. A specialist in radial velocities in the Small Magellanic Cloud, he was also secretary of the Groupe d´Alsace of the Société Astronomique de France for 20 years. Now retired, he still continues to teach astronomy in schools.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aflorsch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aflorsch is 3.10 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15467 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AN24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.42 km (#9,846 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.282 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.78 |
| Orbital period | 5.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0678 |
| Inclination | 2.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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