(15568) Jathe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Adrien Chen-Wei Jathe (b. 2001) was awarded best of category, first place, and the Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award in the 2019 Intel ISEF for his materials science project. He attended the Metropolitan School Frankfurt, Germany.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jathe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jathe is 3.05 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15568 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GP54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.42 km (#9,858 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Rotation period | 5.72 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.92 |
| Orbital period | 5.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0402 |
| Inclination | 0.914° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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