(2133) Franceswright Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 1976 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.
Named in honor of Frances Woodworth Wright, long time staff member of the Harvard College Observatory, known for her research on photographic meteors, extraterrestrial dust and variable stars, and revered for teaching generations of navigators to fare forth and return safely to port.Naming citation (MPC 5039), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Franceswright is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Franceswright is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2133 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 WB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.06 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Inclination | 6.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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