(11247) Wilburwright Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) participated with his brother in the first successful flights of a heavier-than-air flying machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on 1903 Dec. 17.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wilburwright is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wilburwright is 3.78 au from the Sun and 4.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11247 |
| Provisional designation | 4280 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.72 km (#5,263 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Rotation period | 16.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.52 |
| Orbital period | 5.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 5.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Wilbur
All asteroids named after someone called Wilbur
Also discovered on 16 October 1977
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- (4753) Phidias
- (4754) Panthoos
- (5610) Balster
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- (5700) Homerus
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