(17826) Normanwisdom Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1998 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
British comedy great Norman Wisdom (b. 1915) is best known for his smash hit films of the 1950s as the downtrodden, accident-prone little man in the shrunken suit and skewhiff cap. A physical comedian, Wisdom did his trademark trip-up on the red carpet after being knighted by the Queen.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Normanwisdom is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Normanwisdom is 3.43 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17826 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 GK10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.96 km (#6,622 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.111 |
| Rotation period | 75.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 9.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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