(15468) Mondriaan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 January 1999 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Pieter C. Mondriaan (1872-1944) was a Dutch Neo-plasticist painter. He developed Neo-plasticism painting, which consisted of a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the use of three primary colours. Name suggested and citation provided by W. A. Fröger.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-01-16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mondriaan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mondriaan is 2.89 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15468 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AT31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.33 km (#9,990 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.247 |
| Rotation period | 2.64 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.96 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0171 |
| Inclination | 1.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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