(241527) Edwardwright Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Astronomer Edward L. Wright (b. 1947) is the Principal Investigator of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission and a professor at UCLA. He has worked on several NASA astronomy missions and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Edwardwright is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Edwardwright is 3.26 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 241527 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 CK9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.94 km (#15,376 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 7.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.