(15017) Cuppy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
William (“Will”) Jacob Cuppy (1884-1949) was an American humorist and journalist. A gentle satirist, he is well known for his books The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, How to Attract the Wombat, How to Become Extinct and How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes. The name was suggested by M. Walter.Naming citation (20030910/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cuppy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cuppy is 2.20 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15017 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SS25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.79 km (#17,220 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 6.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.962 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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