(535353) Antoniwilk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 April 2007 by CSS at Catalina.
Antoni Wilk (1876–1940) was a Polish astronomer and educator. He discovered four comets between 1925 and 1937, and he received the comet medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, as well as the Polish Order of Polonia Restituta, for his discoveries. He was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1939.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #13, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Antoniwilk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Antoniwilk is 3.17 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 535353 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 AP68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.205 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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