(15989) Anusha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anusha Bhattacharyya (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her materials science project. She attended the Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anusha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anusha is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15989 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XK39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.73 km (#13,388 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.609 |
| Rotation period | 5.53 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0998 |
| Inclination | 5.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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