15092 Beegees

15092 Beegees
Discovery[1]
Discovered byJ. Broughton
Discovery siteReedy Creek Obs.
Discovery date15 March 1999
Designations
(15092) Beegees
Named after
Bee Gees[1]
(British musical trio)
1999 EH5 · 1975 TL1
1983 FR · 1983 HG1
1988 BV1
main-belt[1][2] · (outer)
Eos[3]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc42.40 yr (15,486 d)
Aphelion3.0985 AU
Perihelion2.9219 AU
3.0102 AU
Eccentricity0.0293
5.22 yr (1,908 d)
302.74°
0° 11m 19.32s / day
Inclination9.6966°
356.02°
123.03°
Physical characteristics
12.012±0.273 km[4]
0.122±0.015[4]
S (SDSS-MOC)[5]
12.1[2][1]

15092 Beegees, provisional designation 1999 EH5, is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 15 March 1999, by Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton at his Reedy Creek Observatory in Queensland, Australia. The S-type asteroid was named for the brothers of the Gibb family, known as the musical trio Bee Gees.[1]

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