(15076) Joellewis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 January 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joel Brewster Lewis (b. 1984) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attended the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joellewis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joellewis is 2.75 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15076 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 BL25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.86 km (#13,081 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.298 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 6.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 18 January 1999
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