15017 Cuppy
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | LONEOS |
| Discovery date | September 22, 1998 |
| Alternate designations B |
1998 SS25 |
| Category | Main belt |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.162 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 347.988 Gm (2.326 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 291.523 Gm (1.949 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 404.453 Gm (2.704 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 1295.857 d (3.55 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 19.40 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 6.219° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
63.910° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
347.654° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 35.901° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | ? km |
| Mass | ?×10? kg |
| Density | ? g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | ? m/s² |
| Escape velocity | ? km/s |
| Rotation period | ? d |
| Spectral class | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 15.1 |
| Albedo (geometric) | 0.10? |
| Mean surface temperature |
~182 K |
Asteroid 15017 Cuppy, a main-belt object previously known as 1998 SS25, was discovered on September 22, 1998, by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS), Anderson Mesa Station. It was named in September 2003 for Will Cuppy (1884-1949), American humorist and journalist.
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