(15359) Dressler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 1995 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Burkhard Dressler (b. 1939) is a Canadian geologist who has made significant contributions to the field of impact cratering with meticulous field observations at Sudbury, State Islands, Manicouagan and Ries. He documented the core samples from the Chicxulub impact crater that led to confirming the KT age of this feature.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-01-16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dressler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dressler is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15359 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 GV2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.97 km (#7,695 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0387 |
| Inclination | 4.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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