(15905) Berthier Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 1997 by ODAS at Caussols.
Jérôme Berthier (b. 1968) works on minor planets at the Institut de Mécanique Céleste in Paris. His main goal is to develop both accurate ephemerides and the reduction package PRIAM to predict stellar occultations by minor planets.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Berthier is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Berthier is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15905 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 SV15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 7.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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