(15492) Nyberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Herbert Nyberg (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his engineering project. He attends the Lyme-Old Lyme High School, Old Lyme, Connecticut.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nyberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nyberg is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15492 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CG89 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.32 km (#7,292 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Rotation period | 8.26 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 2.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.986 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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