(15854) Numa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 February 1996 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.
Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, reigned from 715 to 672 B.C. He founded the sacred law and reformed the calendar so that the number of months in a year was increased from ten to twelve.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Numa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Numa is 2.03 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15854 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 CX2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0975 |
| Inclination | 5.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.993 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.