(15500) Anantpatel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anant Ramesh Patel (b. 1984) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Astronaut High School, Titusville, Florida.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anantpatel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anantpatel is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15500 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FO26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.29 km (#14,496 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.258 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 4.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Anant
All asteroids named after someone called Anant
Also discovered on 19 March 1999
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- (11206) Bibee
- (11409) Horkheimer
- (15499) Cloyd
- (17030) Sierks
- (17039) Yeuseyenka
- (17040) Almeida
- (17041) Castagna
- (17042) Madiraju
- (17043) Santucci
- (17044) Mubdirahman
- (17046) Kenway