(15533) Saturnino Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joseph Carmelo Saturnino (b. 2003) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his robotics and intelligent machines project. He attended the Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School, Hannon, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saturnino is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saturnino is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15533 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AP138 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.93 km (#12,920 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.344 |
| Rotation period | 114 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 9.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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