(15390) Znojil Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 October 1997 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
Vladimír Znojil (b. 1941) developed methods for investigating meteor showers by using large binoculars at several observing stations. He led such studies from the 1960s. More recently he has organized visual observations of comets in the Czech Republic and leads the Czech Society for Interplanetary Matter.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Znojil is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Znojil is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15390 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 TJ10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0750 |
| Inclination | 0.509° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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