(15564) Lateef Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Salma Fawzy Lateef (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental engineering team project. She attended the STEM School of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lateef is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lateef is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15564 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GU48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.34 km (#9,985 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Rotation period | 6.08 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.91 |
| Orbital period | 5.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0569 |
| Inclination | 1.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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