(15634) Ahluwalia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rohan Ahluwalia (b. 2002) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical engineering project. He attended the Westview High School, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ahluwalia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ahluwalia is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15634 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JD15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.53 km (#11,565 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.260 |
| Rotation period | 3.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0520 |
| Inclination | 7.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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