(9515) Dubner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 1975 by M. R. Cesco at El Leoncito.
Gloria Dubner (b. 1950) has conducted most of her professional work at the Argentinian Institute of Radioastronomy and at the Argentinian Institute of Astronomy and Physics. Her main field of research is supernova remnants, an area to which she has contributed over 120 refereed papers.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dubner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dubner is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9515 |
| Provisional designation | 1975 RA2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.7 km (#4,195 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0738 |
| Rotation period | 12.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.226 |
| Inclination | 23.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.923 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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