(21846) Wojakowski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maria Malgorzata Wojakowski (b. 1987) was awarded fourth place in the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her zoology project. She also received the Intel Foundation Achievement Award. She attends the Townsend Harris High School at Queens College, Flushing, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20050822/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wojakowski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wojakowski is 2.60 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21846 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TT114 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.17 km (#10,309 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 1.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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