(15546) Sunyufeng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sun Yufeng (b. 2002) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his systems software project. He attended the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sunyufeng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sunyufeng is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15546 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EZ75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.94 km (#12,886 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.343 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 11.5° |
| 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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