(21043) Pascalwillis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 September 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Pascal Willis (b. 1960) is a French geodesist who was vice-chair and chair of the COSPAR Technical Panel on Satellite Dynamics. In 2008, he started as Associate Editor of Advances in Space Research. As Editor-in-Chief since 2014, the impact factor of the journal doubled from 1.4 to 2.8.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #13, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pascalwillis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pascalwillis is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21043 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 RT2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.62 km (#9,530 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.267 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 12.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Pascal
All asteroids named after someone called Pascal
Also discovered on 15 September 1990
- (5185) Alerossi
- (5681) Bakulev
- (6134) Kamagari
- (6311) Porubcan
- (8498) Ufa
- (13049) Butov
- (15258) Alfilipenko
- (30821) Chernetenko
More named asteroids discovered by H. E. Holt
- (4502) Elizabethann
- (4642) Murchie
- (4643) Cisneros
- (4711) Kathy
- (4745) Nancymarie
- (4955) Gold
- (4958) Wellnitz
- (5034) Joeharrington
- (5132) Maynard
- (5134) Ebilson
- (5185) Alerossi
- (5235) Jean-Loup
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