(15083) Tianhuili Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tianhui Li (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tianhuili is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tianhuili is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15083 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CJ34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.95 km (#10,710 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.114 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 3.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 February 1999
- (10939) Maheshwari
- (10942) Natashamaniar
- (11197) Beranek
- (11407) Madsubramanian
- (15088) Licitra
- (15492) Nyberg
- (16012) Jamierubin
- (16013) Schmidgall
- (16014) Sinha
- (16015) Snell
- (16016) Boylan
- (16022) Wissnergross