(15884) Maspalomas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 1997 by N. Sato at Chichibu.
Maspalomas is a town in Gran Canaria Island, Spain. The Maspalomas Tracking Station of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is located there to conduct command operations and receive telemetry from satellites that observe the earth and the moon.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maspalomas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maspalomas is 2.28 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15884 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 DJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0531 |
| Inclination | 7.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.