(121032) Wadesisler Mars-crossing Asteroid

Discovered on 23 January 1999 by CSS at Catalina.

Wade Sisler (b. 1959) is the Executive Producer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Wade supports a team of video producers, science animators, web editors, and social media wranglers in their quest to share the story of the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Wadesisler is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wadesisler is 1.46 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number121032
Provisional designation1999 BN33
Orbit classMars-crossing Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.77
Orbital period2.47 years
Semi-major axis1.83 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.43 – 2.22 au
Eccentricity0.218
Inclination40.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.529 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Wade

Also discovered on 23 January 1999

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