(15576) Munday Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Emily S. Munday for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Emily is a student at the J. F. Kennedy Elementary School, Butte, Montana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Munday is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Munday is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15576 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GK68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.14 km (#14,856 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0731 |
| Inclination | 1.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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