(161215) Loveday Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Jonathan Loveday (b. 1963) is a British astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for his work on the luminosity function and clustering of galaxies.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Loveday is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Loveday is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 161215 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 UL66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0480 |
| Inclination | 3.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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