21711 Wilfredwong
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Orbit Diagram of Wilfredwong | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery date | September 7, 1999 |
| Designations | |
| 1999 RE95 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 (JD 2454600.5) | |
| Aphelion | 2.8947351 AU) |
| Perihelion | 2.0452755 AU |
| 2.47 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1719550 |
| 1417.8989259 d (3.88 a) | |
Average orbital speed | ? km/s |
| 241.16546° | |
| Inclination | 2.819° |
| 192.73956° | |
| 7.22994° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 3-7km diameter |
| Mass | ?×10? kg |
Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
| ? m/s² | |
| ? km/s | |
| ? d | |
| Albedo | ? |
| Temperature | ? K |
Spectral type | ? |
| 14.7 | |
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21711 Wilfredwong is a minor planet discovered on September 7, 1999, by MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program. It lies in the Ceres belt of the solar system.
It was named in honor of Wilfred Wong (born 1988), who was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering project, Polycaprolactone-Chitosan Nanocomposite Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing.
References
Sources
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory page on 21711 Wilfredwong
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory orbit diagram of 21711 Wilfred Wong
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