(16944) Wangler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Julie Wangler mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wangler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wangler is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16944 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HK45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.81 km (#7,860 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 9.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.994 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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