150035 Williamson
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| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | James Whitney Young |
| Discovery site | Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California |
| Discovery date | November 20, 2005 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 150035 |
| Alternative names | 2005 WO |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.3408059 |
| Perihelion | 2.8842509 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0733415 |
| Orbital period | 2005.7112628 |
| Mean anomaly | 274.94595 |
| Inclination | 11.35360 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 67.00299 |
| Argument of perihelion | 273.45805 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 [2] |
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150035 Williamson (2005 WO) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 20, 2005 by James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California.[1]
Named for Bruce Williamson, a machinist, at the discoverer's workplace of Table Mountain Observatory, currently a NASA facility operated by the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which began operation as a Smithsonian Institution site in 1924.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (150001)-(155000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
- ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 01 December 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
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