(15732) Vitusbering Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Danish navigator and explorer Vitus Bering (1681-1741) worked in the service of the Russian navy. During the second Kamchatka Expedition (1733-1743) he reached the west coast of Alaska. On the way home his ship was stranded, and he and his crew had to spend the winter on a small, bare island, where many of them died.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vitusbering is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vitusbering is 3.30 au from the Sun and 4.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15732 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VZ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.3 km (#3,067 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Rotation period | 9.60 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.97 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0622 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.96 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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