(15897) Benackova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 1997 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
Slovak soprano Gabriela Beňačková-Čápová (b. 1947) belonged to the National Theatre in Prague and the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. She is a permanent guest of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Covent Garden in London and the Vienna State Opera and collaborates with the New York Metropolitan Theater.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benackova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benackova is 2.04 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15897 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 PD3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0947 |
| Inclination | 2.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.948 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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