(15201) 1976 UY

Summary

(15201) 1976 UY is an asteroid^[1]. (15201) 1976 UY is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

• (15201) 1976 UY is credited with the discovery of Richard Martin West^[3].
• (15201) 1976 UY's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• (15201) 1976 UY's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• (15201) 1976 UY's follows is recorded as (15200) 1975 SU^[6].
• (15201) 1976 UY's followed by is recorded as 15202 Yamada-Houkoku^[7].
• (15201) 1976 UY's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• (15201) 1976 UY's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• (15201) 1976 UY's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 XU2^[10].
• (15201) 1976 UY's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 UY^[11].
• (15201) 1976 UY's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1976-10-31T00:00:00Z^[12].
• (15201) 1976 UY's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015201^[13].
• (15201) 1976 UY's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[14].
• (15201) 1976 UY's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2130157'}^[15].
• (15201) 1976 UY's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2135451180354378'}^[16].
• (15201) 1976 UY's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[17].
• (15201) 1976 UY's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.01'}^[18].
• (15201) 1976 UY's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.18319'}^[19].
• (15201) 1976 UY's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.19002593352296'}^[20].
• (15201) 1976 UY's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.29'}^[21].
• (15201) 1976 UY's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1567.555276750209'}^[22].
• (15201) 1976 UY's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.786'}^[23].
• (15201) 1976 UY's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+237.71827'}^[24].
• (15201) 1976 UY's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+237.6785883192732'}^[25].
• (15201) 1976 UY's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6418398'}^[26].
• (15201) 1976 UY's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.640885821728013'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(15201) 1976 UY's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

(15201) 1976 UY is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]