(91888) Tomskilling Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Thomas (Tom) Ethelbert Skilling, III (b. 1952) is a meteorologist on WGN-TV in Chicago who is revered for the accuracy of his forecasts. He conducts annual free seminars at Fermilab on meteorology that are attended by several thousand people. He also includes much astronomical information in his weather reports.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-10-08), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tomskilling is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tomskilling is 3.20 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 91888 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UA51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.33 km (#11,984 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.284 |
| Rotation period | 9.66 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0958 |
| Inclination | 11.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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