(15547) Xujiping Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Xu Jiping Bradley (b. 2002) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his robotics and intelligent machines project. He attended the Shanghai American School - Pudong Campus, Shanghai, China.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xujiping is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xujiping is 1.98 au from the Sun and 0.983 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15547 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ET91 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.20 km (#16,782 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.529 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 2.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.836 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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