(13615) Manulis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 November 1994 by Shoemaker, C. S., Levy, D. H. at Palomar.
Ilan Manulis (b. 1949) has enthusiastically promoted the study of near-Earth objects from Israel and built awareness among the public by lectures and media programs. During the 1980s, he was chairman of the Israeli Astronomical Association. He now serves as IAA's head of small solar-system objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Manulis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Manulis is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13615 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 WP13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.50 km (#9,712 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.280 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.212 |
| Inclination | 12.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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