(15309) Bragee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Petter Bragée (b. 1968) is a Swedish film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for creating the long-running children’s science fiction series Vintergatan (The Milky Way), which premiered in 2001 and became a cultural phenomenon.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #3, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bragee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bragee is 2.29 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15309 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FZ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0323 |
| Inclination | 4.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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