(15584) Yumaokamoto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yuma Okamoto (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his animal sciences team project. He attended the Shizuoka Prefectural Kakegawa-Nishi High School, Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yumaokamoto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yumaokamoto is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15584 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GO74 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0618 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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