(15553) Carachang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Cara A. Chang for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Cara is a student at the St. Andrew's Priory, Honolulu, Hawaii.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carachang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carachang is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15553 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FG45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.43 km (#16,393 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.519 |
| Rotation period | 2.54 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 6.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.923 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Cara
All asteroids named after someone called Cara
Also discovered on 29 March 2000
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