(15023) Ketover Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel Jacob Ketover (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Syosset High School, Syosset, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ketover is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ketover is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15023 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SP156 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.40 km (#16,463 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.194 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 1.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.998 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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