(15728) Karlmay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D. at Tautenburg.
Karl May (1842-1912), Saxonian author of splendid fantasies, began with country stories out of his Erzgebirge home. His fascinating, exotic and colorful adventure novels were placed mostly in North America's Wild West and in the Far East. They became very popular and were translated into more than 25 languages.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karlmay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karlmay is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15728 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TG11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.06 km (#16,975 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.455 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0829 |
| Inclination | 2.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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