(118945) Rikhill Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 November 2000 by D. Healy at Junk Bond.
“Amateur turned Pro” best describes Rik Hill (b. 1949). Well known among amateur astronomers for his outreach activities, Rik currently works with the Catalina Sky Survey on Arizona's Mt. Lemmon searching for potentially hazardous asteroids. He has seven comet discoveries to his credit.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rikhill is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rikhill is 3.13 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 118945 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WS68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.61 km (#6,999 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.02 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0513 |
| Inclination | 7.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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