(15791) Yoshiewatanabe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Yoshie Watanabe (b. 1963) is a Japanese writer for popular Japanese astronomy magazines. She has published, with her husband Junichi, several popular books on astronomy and general science.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yoshiewatanabe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yoshiewatanabe is 1.98 au from the Sun and 0.988 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15791 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TM1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.27 km (#14,565 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.316 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.33 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.911 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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