(15000) CCD Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 November 1997 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
A charge-coupled device, a two-dimensional array of light-sensitive microelectronic semiconductor capacitors, is used as an imaging detector. With its high sensitivity and stability, the CCD has almost completely replaced the photographic emulsion and photomultiplier as the detector of choice in quantitative scientific work.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where CCD is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: CCD is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15000 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 WZ16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.61 km (#13,687 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.284 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 8.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (15406) Bleibtreu
- (26990) Culbertson
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