(15149) Loufaix Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Louis Faix (1933-2011), an amateur astronomer originally from the Detroit area in Michigan, retired to Saddlebrooke, Arizona. As an engineer he brought that experience into his hobby, inventing devices like the Faix Compensator, featured in an article in the May 1978 Sky & Telescope.Naming citation (20110715/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Loufaix is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Loufaix is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15149 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EZ141 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 10.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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