15460 Manca

15460 Manca
Discovery[1]
Discovered byA. Boattini
L. Tesi
Discovery siteSan Marcello Pistoiese Obs.
Discovery date25 December 1998
Designations
(15460) Manca
Named after
Francesco Manca
(Italian astronomer)[2]
1998 YD10 · 1994 ET1
main-belt · Koronis[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc66.30 yr (24,216 days)
Aphelion3.1671 AU
Perihelion2.6460 AU
2.9065 AU
Eccentricity0.0896
4.96 yr (1,810 days)
316.30°
0° 11m 56.04s / day
Inclination3.2872°
92.423°
320.81°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.17 km (calculated)[3]
5.354±0.315 km[4][5]
7.2723±0.0209 h[6]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.2949±0.0586[4]
0.295±0.059[5]
X[7] · S[3]
12.97±0.29[7] · 13.3[4] · 13.6[1][3] · 14.114±0.005 (S)[6]

15460 Manca, provisional designation 1998 YD10, is a Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.

The asteroid was discovered on 25 December 1998, by Italian astronomers Andrea Boattini and Luciano Tesi at Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory in San Marcello Pistoiese, central Italy.[8] It was named for Italian amateur astronomer Francesco Manca.[2]

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