(315186) Schade Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 11 June 2007 by D. D. Balam at Mauna Kea.
Since 2001, David Joseph Schade (b. 1953) has served as leader for the NRC-Canadian Astronomy Data Centre which has contributed numerous innovations to data management for, inter alia, HST, CFHT, Gemini, JCMT and MOST observatories and to the Virtual Observatory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #9, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schade is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schade is 2.75 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 315186 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 LD30 |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.57 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.300 |
| Inclination | 6.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.569 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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