(99941) Lonniewege Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 November 2003 by CSS at Catalina.

Lonnie Wege (b. 1958) is a telescope sales manager and a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope technology specialist. He is also an astronomy outreach volunteer with the Three Rivers Foundation, the Texas Astronomical Society and Celestron.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lonniewege is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lonniewege is 2.34 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number99941
Provisional designation2003 WF107
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.84
Orbital period4.42 years
Semi-major axis2.69 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.29 – 3.10 au
Eccentricity0.150
Inclination13.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.34 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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