(15617) Fallowfield Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Heather L. Fallowfield for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Heather is a student at the Beech Grove Middle School, Beech Grove, Indiana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fallowfield is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fallowfield is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15617 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HK10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.78 km (#15,704 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.331 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 2.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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