(604468) Olenici Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 2015 by EURONEAR at La Palma.
Dimitrie Olenici (b. 1949) is a Romanian physicist who worked in astronomy outreach at Suceava Planetarium and his own planetarium in Horodnic de Jos village. He proposed a column representation of the Saros series and two new eclipse cycles, publishing books about eclipses, astronomical symbols in traditional ornamentation and Foucault pendulum experiments.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Olenici is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Olenici is 2.74 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 604468 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 QL15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 6.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.