(15954) Divjotbedi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Divjot Singh Bedi (b. 2002) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his embedded systems team project. He attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Divjotbedi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Divjotbedi is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15954 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BG11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.6 km (#4,254 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 8.03 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0322 |
| Inclination | 6.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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