(15116) Jaytate Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 2000 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Jonathan Tate (b. 1955) is an enthusiastic advocate of the search for hazardous Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) and founder of Spaceguard-UK and the Spaceguard Centre in Wales, UK. The Centre provides astrometry of NEOs and is unique in the UK in informing the public about the NEO hazard.Naming citation (20110715/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jaytate is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jaytate is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15116 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DZ12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.237 |
| Inclination | 1.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.810 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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