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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Indiana University |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Discovery date | August 28, 1952 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4299 |
| Named after | The WIYN Consortium |
| Alternate name(s) | 1952 QX |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6285300 |
| Peri | 1.8567738 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1720633 |
| Orbital period | 1226.7080513 |
| Mean anomaly | 182.21841 |
| Inclination | 5.08578 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 104.47938 |
| Argument of peri | 272.63347 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
4299 WIYN (1952 QX) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 28, 1952 by Indiana University's Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. It is named for the WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak in Arizona.[1]
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