(11195) Woomera Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 January 1999 by F. B. Zoltowski at Woomera.
Woomera, Aboriginal for spear thrower, is a village in the Australian outback founded in 1947 as a rocket rangehead. Woomera and its range played a key role in Australia's space program, culminating in the orbital launch of WRESAT in 1967. It was home to the discoverer for twelve years.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Woomera is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Woomera is 2.16 au from the Sun and 1.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11195 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AY22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.28 km (#6,320 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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