(15231) Ehdita Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1987 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Ehdita Stanislavovna P'ekha (b. 1937) is a Russian singer. She gave concerts in more than 20 countries and won many international competitions, including the World Youth Festivals in Moscow (1957) and Sofia (1968). In 1988 she was honored with the title of People's Artist of the U.S.S.R.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ehdita is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ehdita is 2.84 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15231 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 RO5 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.5 km (#1,819 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 40.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.08 |
| Orbital period | 7.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 5.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.293 |
| Inclination | 6.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.