(15675) Goloseevo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 1978 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
The Main Astronomical Observatory of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences is located in the Goloseevo district in Kiev. Founded in 1944, the Goloseevo Observatory is known for research in astrometry and geodynamics, physics of the sun, galaxies, stars, planets and comets.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Goloseevo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Goloseevo is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15675 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 SP5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.9 km (#4,114 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 3.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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