15017 Cuppy

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Asteroid 15017 Cuppy a main-belt object previously known as 1998 SS25 was discovered on September 22 1998 by Edward L. G. Bowell of 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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apoapsis (km)

4.04453e+11

average speed (km/s)

69840.0

orbital period (μ)

1.11962e+08

periapsis (km)

2.91523e+11

temperature (K)

182.0

absolute magnitude

15.1

albedo

0.1

discovery date

1998-09-22

discoverer

Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search

epoch

June 14 2006 (JD 2453900.5)