(518886) Wheelock Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 March 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Sherry Wheelock (b. 1948) is a senior software developer at IPAC at the California Institute of Technology. During her 43-year career she has developed software for astronomical image processing and instrumental calibration and has contributed to NASA missions including IRAS, 2MASS, Spitzer, WISE and NEOWISE.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #4, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wheelock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wheelock is 2.93 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 518886 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 EK157 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.30 km (#12,047 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.4 |
| Orbital period | 5.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 17.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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