(15160) Wygoda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jennifer A. Wygoda for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Jennifer is a student at the F. K. White Middle School, Lake Charles, Louisiana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wygoda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wygoda is 3.21 au from the Sun and 3.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15160 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FK44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.15 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.236 |
| Inclination | 5.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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