(15099) Janestrohm Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jane Strohm for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Strohm is a teacher at the Pistor Middle School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janestrohm is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janestrohm is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15099 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AE92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.194 |
| Inclination | 6.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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