(15947) Milligan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 1998 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
Spike Milligan (b. 1918) is best known for his off-the-planet sense of humor in the groundbreaking BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show, which he wrote and starred in with Sellers, Secombe and Bentine in the 1950s. He later moved to film, television and writing novels, poetry and memoirs.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Milligan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Milligan is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15947 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 AL10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.48 km (#11,669 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.184 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 4.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.