(75971) Unkingalls Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Albert (“Unk”) Ingalls (1888–1958) helped father amateur telescope making in the United States in the 1920s ushering in an era of amateur astronomy. He published many articles in Scientific American and was the editor of Amateur Telescope Making which was responsible for the construction of thousands of telescopes.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Unkingalls is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Unkingalls is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 75971 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CK112 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.22 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 8.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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