(75562) Wilkening Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 December 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Laurel Wilkening (b. 1944) is a retired meteoriticist who served on numerous commissions related to the US space program. She also served in the senior administrations at several major universities, including the University of Arizona, where she was also Director of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wilkening is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wilkening is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 75562 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 YV22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.65 km (#15,954 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.120 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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