(150035) Williamson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2005 by J. W. Young at Wrightwood.
Bruce Williamson (b. 1953) has been the senior technician and precision machinist operating and maintaining the machine shop at the Table Mountain Facility since 1990. He also operates and maintains the special equipment for this NASA site's winter snow removal.Naming citation (20081113/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Williamson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Williamson is 2.91 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 150035 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 WO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.48 km (#14,019 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.231 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0690 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.92 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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