(15372) Agrigento Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Agrigento, the old Greek city Akragas, was founded by the Greeks in 582 B.C. One of the leading cities of the Mediterranean world, it demonstrates still its pride by preserving the remains of several Doric temples. In 490 B.C. the great philosopher Empedocles was born there.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Agrigento is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Agrigento is 3.79 au from the Sun and 4.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15372 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 TK41 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.38 |
| Orbital period | 6.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.15 – 3.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0970 |
| Inclination | 4.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 October 1996
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- (20160) Annalosiak
- (21276) Feller
- (26922) Samara
- (85400) Shiratakachu
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- (4038) Kristina
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- (4344) Buxtehude
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