(7011) Worley Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 September 1987 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.

Named in memory of Charles Edmund Worley (1935-1997), indefatigable observer and cataloguer of double-star positions. Following two years at the Lick Observatory, he was on the staff of the U.S. Naval Observatory from 1961. His work has significantly enhanced our knowledge of the motion of double-star and multiple-star systems and of stellar masses. Name suggested by H. Eichhorn.Naming citation (19980211/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Worley is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Worley is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7011
Provisional designation	1987 SK1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	5.17 km (#10,311 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.151
Rotation period	6.42 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.43
Orbital period	3.43 years
Semi-major axis	2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.92 – 2.63 au
Eccentricity	0.155
Inclination	5.71°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.933 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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