(15509) Annejing Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anne Jing (b. 2001) was awarded first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical engineering project. She attended the Assumption College School, Brantford, Canada.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Annejing is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annejing is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15509 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TX113 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.59 km (#11,451 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.305 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0715 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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