(15985) Bhatnagar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amogh Bhatnagar (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He attended the University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bhatnagar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bhatnagar is 2.12 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15985 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WU20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.34 km (#8,452 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.110 |
| Rotation period | 18.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0499 |
| Inclination | 7.54° |
| 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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