(10019) Wesleyfraser Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 June 1979 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring.
Wesley C. Fraser (b. 1981) is a researcher at Queen's University Belfast whose studies include the size distribution of Kuiper Belt objects to better constrain their formation.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wesleyfraser is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wesleyfraser is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10019 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 MK7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.4 km (#4,383 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0400 |
| Rotation period | 245 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Wesley
All asteroids named after someone called Wesley
Also discovered on 25 June 1979
- (2343) Siding Spring
- (2392) Jonathan Murray
- (2441) Hibbs
- (2618) Coonabarabran
- (2619) Skalnate Pleso
- (2628) Kopal
- (2682) Soromundi
- (2704) Julian Loewe
- (3129) Bonestell
- (3205) Boksenberg
- (3756) Ruscannon
- (3817) Lencarter