(15168) Marijnfranx Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Marijn Franx (b. 1960) is a Dutch astronomer in Leiden. His research interests are very-high-redshift galaxies, which he observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. In 2010 he received the Dutch Spinoza Prize.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marijnfranx is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marijnfranx is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15168 |
| Provisional designation | 2022 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.44 km (#6,195 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Rotation period | 29.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0400 |
| Inclination | 5.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites