(15843) Comcom Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 September 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Com Com is the science museum in Fukushima, Japan. The museum helps children grow their dreams and has a planetarium and displays for science. The museum celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2015 and welcomes 300,000 visitors per year.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Comcom is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Comcom is 3.32 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15843 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SO3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.72 km (#9,356 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.341 |
| Rotation period | 99.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 11.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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