(15427) Shabas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Natalia Leonydivna Shabas (1969-2003), of the Kyiv Shevchenko National University, was an Ukrainian astronomer who studied the physical conditions in the plasma tails of comets 1P/Halley, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, C/1970 N1 (Abe), C/1982 N1 (Austin) and others. The name was suggested by K. I. Churyumov.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shabas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shabas is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15427 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SP61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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