15462 Stumegan
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Spacewatch |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak |
| Discovery date | January 8, 1999 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 15462 |
| 1999 AV1; 2000 HQ11 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch January 4, 2010 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9636691 |
| Perihelion | 2.7323641 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0406081 |
| 1755.5458914 | |
| 145.05398 | |
| Inclination | 1.09030 |
| 324.48684 | |
| 108.14275 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.4 | |
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15462 Stumegan (1999 AV1) is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on January 8, 1999. The asteroid was discovered at Kitt Peak National Observatory as part of the Spacewatch project.
It is named for Stu Megan, who discovered the first Spacewatch FMO Project asteroid to attain an official IAU MPEC designation.
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