(15945) Raymondavid Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Raymond David (b. 1941), ski teacher by vocation and electronics specialist and amateur astronomer by avocation, has been invaluable in the construction and distribution of CCD cameras that have helped many amateurs to observe minor planets.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raymondavid is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raymondavid is 3.60 au from the Sun and 4.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15945 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 AZ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,837 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 4.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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