(106545) Colanduno Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 November 2000 by J. Medkeff at Junk Bond.
Derek Colanduno produces and co-hosts Skepticality, a podcast talk show that reports science news and comments critically on urban legends and pseudoscience. His work has promoted science and informed thousands of listeners.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Colanduno is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Colanduno is 2.85 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 106545 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WL68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.96 km (#10,694 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 5.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0890 |
| Inclination | 0.601° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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