(15132) Steigmeyer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of August J. Steigmeyer for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. August is a student at the Canterbury School, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Steigmeyer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Steigmeyer is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15132 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EZ69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.75 km (#17,247 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.477 |
| Rotation period | 115 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.100 |
| Inclination | 6.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 March 2000
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- (15145) Ritageorge
- (25858) Donherbert
- (26586) Harshaw
- (27381) Balasingam
- (27382) Justinbarber
- (27412) Teague
- (28568) Jacobjohnson
- (28569) Kallenbach
- (28575) McQuaid
- (30060) Davidseong
- (30061) Vishnushankar