(15106) Swanson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Marie Swanson for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Swanson is a teacher at the Van Wyck Junior High School, Wappingers Falls, New York.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Swanson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Swanson is 3.09 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15106 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CA45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 39.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Inclination | 4.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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