(15548) Kalinowski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Larry Kalinowski (1930-2007) was a long time amateur astronomer with the Warren Astronomical Society of Detroit, Michigan. He was the author of the LFK Exposure Guides in the 1960s and 1970s which helped many amateur astronomers obtain good quality astrophotos.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kalinowski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kalinowski is 2.08 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15548 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EJ147 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.58 km (#16,109 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.333 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0921 |
| Inclination | 5.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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