15609 Kosmaczewski
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Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
Discovery site | Socorro |
Discovery date | April 7, 2000 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 15609 |
Alternative names[1] | 2000 GP124 |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 2.9284611 |
Peri | 1.6130479 |
Eccentricity | 0.2896423 |
Orbital period | 1249.8379550 |
Mean anomaly | 77.04161 |
Inclination | 6.73098 |
Longitude of ascending node | 138.91811 |
Argument of peri | 163.46249 |
Absolute magnitude | 15.1 |
15609 Kosmaczewski (2000 GP124) is a Mars-crossing Asteroid discovered on April 7, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.
This Asteroid bears its name since 2002 thanks to Sara Kosmaczewski, a student in Hamden (Connecticut, USA), after winning the "Discovery Young Scientist Challenge" science contest. [1]