(15530) Kuber Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Catharine M. Kuber for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Catharine is a student at the Reyburn Intermediate School, Clovis, California.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kuber is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kuber is 2.46 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15530 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AV98 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.94 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 5.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.948 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 5 January 2000
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