(15045) Walesdymond Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1998 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
William Wales and Joseph Dymond were two young Yorkshire men sent to the shores of Hudson Bay by the Royal Society of London to observe the transit of Venus on 1769 June 3. They stayed for over a year at Fort Prince of Wales, near modern-day Churchill, Manitoba.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Walesdymond is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Walesdymond is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15045 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XY21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.44 km (#8,325 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0494 |
| Inclination | 1.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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