(15030) Matthewkroll Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Jay Kroll (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his zoology project. He attends the Byram Hills High School, Armonk, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matthewkroll is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matthewkroll is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15030 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VA15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.70 km (#8,003 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 1.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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