(65244) Ianwong Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 March 2002 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Ian Wong (b. 1990) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA). His studies include photometric colors and spectroscopic measurements of Hilda asteroids, Jupiter Trojans, centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ianwong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ianwong is 4.19 au from the Sun and 5.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 65244 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 ED126 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.3 km (#3,617 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.14 |
| Orbital period | 7.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.17 – 4.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 7.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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