(15460) Manca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 December 1998 by Boattini, A., Tesi, L. at San Marcello.
Francesco Manca (b. 1966), an amateur astronomer at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory, has made several observations of potentially hazardous asteroids, computing for each of them future and past close encounters with our planet.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Manca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Manca is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15460 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YD10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.35 km (#9,956 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.295 |
| Rotation period | 7.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.96 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0861 |
| Inclination | 3.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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