(15544) Hushicheng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hu Shicheng (b. 2001) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2019 Intel ISEF for her energy project. She also received the Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award. She attended the Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU, Shanghai, China.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hushicheng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hushicheng is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15544 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EG17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.04 km (#12,645 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.328 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0575 |
| Inclination | 1.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hu
All asteroids named after someone called Hu
Also discovered on 3 March 2000
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