15415 Rika

Rika
Discovery and designation
Discovered by A. Nakamura
Discovery site Kuma Kogen
Discovery date February 4, 1998
Designations
MPC designation 15415
1998 CA1
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 2.704 AU
Perihelion 1.699 AU
Eccentricity 0.2283
1192.739 d
187.916°
Inclination 7.478°
327.439°
28.673°
Physical characteristics
14.2

    15415 Rika (1998 CA1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1998 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 6.3636 ± 0.0008 hours with a brightness variation of 1.05 magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ Husárik, M.; Kušnirák, P. (February 2008), "Relative photometry of numbered asteroids (1314), (2257), (3541), (4080), (4155), (12081) and (15415)", Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso 38 (1): 47–60, Bibcode:2008CoSka..38...47H.

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