(15501) Pepawlowski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Peter Michal Pawlowski (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Troy High School, Fullerton, California.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pepawlowski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pepawlowski is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15501 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NK10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 4.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0725 |
| Inclination | 1.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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