(15887) Daveclark Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 1997 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
David Leslie Clark (b. 1956) is an amateur astronomer active in the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, London Centre, particularly in educational activities. He created ClearSky, a planetarium software package. The name was suggested by R. Jedicke and P. Jedicke.Naming citation (20050523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Daveclark is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daveclark is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15887 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 ER26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.66 km (#6,931 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.08 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.204 |
| Inclination | 1.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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