(15629) Sriner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Kimberly A. Sriner for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Kimberly is a student at the Franklin Middle School, Springfield, Illinois.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sriner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sriner is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15629 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HK53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.99 km (#8,949 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 1.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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