(133814) Wenjengko Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 November 2003 by CSS at Catalina.

Wenjeng Ko (b. 1955) worked on the OSIRIS-REx mission as the Science Processing and Operations Center Software Architect and Lead. He also worked on several of NASA's Mars and Asteroid missions, including Mars 2001 Odyssey, Mars Polar Lander, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous and Mars Observer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Wenjengko is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wenjengko is 3.12 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number133814
Provisional designation2003 WG170
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.34 km (#9,986 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0900
Absolute magnitude (H)14.82
Orbital period5.59 years
Semi-major axis3.15 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.94 – 3.36 au
Eccentricity0.0672
Inclination16.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.94 au

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

Also discovered on 20 November 2003

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