(15056) Barbaradixon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 December 1998 by D. S. Dixon at Las Cruces.
Barbara Dixon is a talented software developer and engineer. It is only with her support that the work at the Jornada Observatory, Las Cruces, is possible.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Barbaradixon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barbaradixon is 3.19 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15056 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YP12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.4 km (#3,052 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0924 |
| Inclination | 1.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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