(10515) Old Joe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 1989 by B. G. W. Manning at Stakenbridge.
“Old Joe” is the students' name for the Joseph Chamberlain Clock Tower at the University of Birmingham, which received its charter in 1900 and is now celebrating its centenary. Birmingham, England's “second city”, prospered from metal-working trades, from which enlightened industrialists founded the university.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Old Joe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Old Joe is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10515 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 UB3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.39 km (#14,243 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.463 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.254 |
| Inclination | 5.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.937 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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