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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Spacewatch |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak |
| Discovery date | December 10, 1998 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 15045 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1998 XY21 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9126430 |
| Peri | 2.6450554 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0481472 |
| Orbital period | 1691.9825641 |
| Mean anomaly | 177.27373 |
| Inclination | 1.57583 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 115.18859 |
| Argument of peri | 187.38496 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
15045 Walesdymond (1998 XY21) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 10, 1998 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. The asteroid was named after the astronomers William Wales and his assistant Joseph Dymond, who were sent on an expedition by the Royal Society to Hudson Bay to observe the 1769 transit of Venus.[1]