(103734) Winstonscott Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 February 2000 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Winston Elliott Scott (b. 1950) is a former NASA astronaut who has flown two missions into space. Scott completed three spacewalks to retrieve satellites and evaluate the assembly of the International Space Station. He also performed experiments about the effects of zero gravity on the human body.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2021-01-27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Winstonscott is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Winstonscott is 1.93 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 103734 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CO106 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 11.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.239 |
| Inclination | 9.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.812 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Winston
All asteroids named after someone called Winston
Also discovered on 5 February 2000
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