(15510) Phoeberounds Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Phoebe Robeson Rounds (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her physics project. She attends the Irondequoit High School, Rochester, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Phoeberounds is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Phoeberounds is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15510 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TF127 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.17 km (#10,312 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0900 |
| Inclination | 2.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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