(15567) Giacomelli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Hillary N. Giacomelli for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Hillary is a student at the Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Giacomelli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Giacomelli is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15567 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GF53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.21 km (#8,624 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 5.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0448 |
| Inclination | 0.612° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hillary
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Also discovered on 5 April 2000
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