(15465) Buchroeder Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 January 1999 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Richard A. Buchroeder (b. 1941) is an expert designer of decentered and other innovative optical systems, including those for astronomical telescopes. Three wide-field correctors used on the Spacewatch telescopes are of his design.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Buchroeder is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buchroeder is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15465 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AZ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.27 km (#7,336 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 5.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0891 |
| Inclination | 1.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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