115312 Whither

115312 Whither (2003 SP215) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 2003 by James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California.

Named using the truncated combination of the first names for the two granddaughters Whitney Young and Heather Young of the discoverer, both daughters of the discoverer’s son Jeffrey Young.

References

• Minor Planet Circulars, 2008 January 22.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 115312 Whither

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