(3110) Wagman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 September 1975 by H. L. Giclas at Anderson Mesa.

Named in memory of Nicholas E. Wagman (1905-1980), American astronomer and leading astrometrist. Associated with the Allegheny Observatory beginning in 1930, he was its director and the chairman of the University of Pittsburgh's Astronomy Department from 1941 until 1970. Under his direction the 0.76-m Thaw refractor was renovated and used to set the standard for parallax determinations, of which over 1200 were made; and a number of astrometric binaries were discovered and characterized. In his honor the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh named its Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in 1976. Name proposed and citation prepared by T. P. Kohman on behalf of the association.Naming citation (19960828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Wagman is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wagman is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	3110
Provisional designation	1975 SC
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	8.01 km (#6,578 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.145
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.92
Orbital period	4.10 years
Semi-major axis	2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.24 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity	0.126
Inclination	2.24°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.25 au

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

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