(15347) Colinstuart Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 October 1994 by B. G. W. Manning at Stakenbridge.
Colin Stuart (b. 1986) is a British astronomy writer and presenter. He has given public astronomy talks to over 250,000 people in schools and at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, written many popular astronomy articles and space books. In 2014 he was runner up in the European Astronomy Journalism Prize.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Colinstuart is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Colinstuart is 1.86 au from the Sun and 0.893 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15347 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 UD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.42 km (#11,787 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.157 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 6.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.820 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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