(15050) Heddal Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1998 by O. A. Naranjo at Merida.
Heddal is the name of a small school in a small village of the same name in southern Norway. This school was one of three winners of the Best School Teaching of Astronomy competition held during the 2009 Year of Astronomy in Norway.Naming citation (20110715/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Heddal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Heddal is 3.55 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15050 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XC96 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.7 km (#3,807 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0900 |
| Rotation period | 4.77 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.38 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 3.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 12 December 1998
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- (49384) Hubertnaudot
- (53053) Sabinomaffeo
- (85819) Massimoamato
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