(15976) Bhansali Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rinni Bhansali (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her mathematics project. She attended the Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bhansali is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bhansali is 2.74 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15976 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FY119 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.62 km (#6,975 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.160 |
| Rotation period | 5.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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