(92579) Dwight Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 July 2000 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Edward (Ed) Joseph Dwight Jr. (b. 1933) was the first African American astronaut candidate. He served in the US Air Force, working as test pilot before serving in the Aerospace Research Pilot School. After leaving the Air Force he went onto be a influential sculptor and author.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2021-01-27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Dwight is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dwight is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 92579 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OK69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.8 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.244 |
| Inclination | 2.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.850 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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