(15434) Mittal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexander Chow Mittal (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mittal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mittal is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15434 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VM25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.58 km (#16,105 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.290 |
| Rotation period | 8.52 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 3.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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