(19721) Wray Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
James D. Wray (b. 1936) directed the Institute of Meteoritics (1966-1967) and was deputy P.I. for NASA Skylab Experiment S-019 (1969-1980). Author of The Color Atlas of Galaxies (1988), and founder of SciTech Astronomical Research (1989), he currently develops state-of-the-art automated observatories.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wray is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19721 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VW11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.3 km (#4,946 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.168 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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