15017 Cuppy
15017 Cuppy, provisional designation 1998 SS25, is a Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1998, by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) at its Anderson Mesa Station, Arizona, United States. The asteroid was named for American humorist Will Cuppy.
Cuppy view from Auburn, Indiana, using a 40.5 cm RCOS telescope in July 2004 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LONEOS |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 22 September 1998 |
| Designations | |
MPC designation | (15017) Cuppy |
Named after | Will Cuppy (American humorist) |
Alternative designations | 1998 SS25 |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (inner) Flora |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 25.30 yr (9,242 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.7011 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9517 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.3264 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.1611 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3.55 yr (1,296 days) |
Mean anomaly | 94.456° |
Mean motion | 0° 16m 40.08s / day |
| Inclination | 6.2109° |
Longitude of ascending node | 63.826° |
| 347.85° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 1.795±0.226 2 km (estimated at 0.25) |
| 0.500±0.219 | |
| 15.6 | |
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