(15107) Toepperwein Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Mary Anne J. Toepperwein for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Toepperwein is a teacher at the William P. Hobby Middle School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Toepperwein is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toepperwein is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15107 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CR49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.86 km (#15,537 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.412 |
| Rotation period | 2.53 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 4.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.853 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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