(15531) Matusch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brendon Franz Matusch (b. 2003) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics and astronomy project. He attended the Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matusch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matusch is 2.46 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15531 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AV99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.16 km (#16,830 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.378 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 5.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.867 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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