(15364) Kenglover Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 April 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Ken Glover (b. 1964) is a Canadian space historian. He is the co-editor of the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal. He has served as an on-set consultant for the IMAX film Magnificent Desolation and as a caption writer for the Taschen book, Moonfire.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kenglover is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kenglover is 2.27 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15364 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HT2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.47 km (#14,053 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.336 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0941 |
| Inclination | 13.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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