(559521) Sonbird Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 2012 by M. Å»oÅnowski M. Kusiak at Tincana.
Sonbird is an indie-rock music band from Żywiec in Poland. The members are Kamil Worek (guitar), Dawid Medrzak (vocalist), Maciek Hubczak (drums) and Tomek Kurowski (bass guitar). They have won numerous awards on Polish radio and television.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #5, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sonbird is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sonbird is 3.30 au from the Sun and 4.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 559521 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 DM66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.56 |
| Orbital period | 5.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0958 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.