(15396) Howardmoore Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1997 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Howard Moore (b. 1943) of Chino Valley, Arizona, is an amateur astronomer and accomplished optician who made the 0.25-m telescope with which this minor planet was discovered.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Howardmoore is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Howardmoore is 3.26 au from the Sun and 4.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15396 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.78 km (#11,042 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.39 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.243 |
| Inclination | 1.82° |
| 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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