The year 1515 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
A year in which Earth's so-called "second moon" Cruithne (discovered in 1986) makes a closest approach to earth. The two are in 1:1 orbital resonance. This next happens about 1903; the following occasion will be in July 2292.
^Van Duzer, Chet (2010). Johann Schöner’s Globe of 1515: Transcription and Study. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Philosophical Society. ISBN 978-1-60618-005-1.
^Bedini, Silvano A. (1997). The Pope's Elephant. Manchester: Carcanet Press. ISBN 1-85754-277-0.
