(15109) Wilber Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Harold T. Wilber for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Wilber is a teacher at the Franklin Middle School, Springfield, Illinois.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Wilber is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wilber is 2.21 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15109 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CW61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.53 km (#16,204 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.437 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0807 |
| Inclination | 6.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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