(15577) Gywilliams Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Genevieve Y. Williams for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Genevieve is a student at the Palos Verdes Intermediate School, Palos Verdes, California.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gywilliams is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gywilliams is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15577 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GN68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.77 km (#17,240 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 2.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.948 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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