15268 Wendelinefroger
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15268 Wendelinefroger, provisional designation 1990 WF3, is a stony, spheroidal, and binary[lower-alpha 1] Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.4 kilometers in diameter.
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
Discovery site | La Silla Obs. |
Discovery date | 18 November 1990 |
Designations | |
(15268) Wendelinefroger | |
Named after | Wendeline Froger (Belgian singer)[2] |
1990 WF3 · 1979 WA7 1986 PO5 · 1999 CD133 | |
main-belt · (inner)[3] Nysa | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 37.29 yr (13,619 days) |
Aphelion | 2.9209 AU |
Perihelion | 1.8107 AU |
2.3658 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2346 |
3.64 yr (1,329 days) | |
171.04° | |
0° 16m 15.24s / day | |
Inclination | 2.7540° |
144.06° | |
210.29° | |
Known satellites | 1[4][lower-alpha 1] |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 3.41 km (calculated)[3] |
2.4224±0.0001 h[5] | |
0.20 (assumed)[3] | |
S[3] | |
14.7[1][3] · 14.82±0.04[6] | |
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It was discovered on 18 November 1990, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile, and named after Belgian singer Wendeline Froger.[2][7]