15385 Dallolmo

Dallolmo
Discovery
Discovered by	Osservatorio San Vittore
Discovery site	Bologna, Italy
Discovery date	September 25, 1997
Designations
MPC designation	15385
Alternative designations	1997 SP4
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	3.1941169
Perihelion	2.7301881
Eccentricity	0.0783094
Orbital period	1862.1281362
Mean anomaly	305.78937
Inclination	11.73796
Longitude of ascending node	130.68535
Argument of perihelion	324.55770
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.6

15385 Dallolmo (1997 SP4) is a Main-belt Asteroid that was found on September 25, 1997 by the Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna, Italy^[1]

It is named after Umberto Dall'Olmo (1925-1980), who was an amateur astronomer with college degrees in both law and physics; who spent most of his time observing Jupiter and studying flare stars. He was also interested in the history of astronomy and worked as a technician at the University of Bologna's Institute of Astronomy.^[1]

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory at CalTech (11 May 2009). "15385 Dallolmo (1997 SP4)". Retrieved 1 August 2009.

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[Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory_at_CalTech-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory at CalTech (11 May 2009). "15385 Dallolmo (1997 SP4)". Retrieved 1 August 2009.

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