(15587) Sotsukamoto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
So Tsukamoto (b. 2002) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his animal sciences team project. He attended the Shizuoka Prefectural Kakegawa-Nishi High School, Kakegawa city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sotsukamoto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sotsukamoto is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15587 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GK76 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.60 km (#13,708 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.260 |
| Rotation period | 34.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0201 |
| Inclination | 2.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.93 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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