15268 Wendelinefroger

15268 Wendelinefroger
Discovery[1]
Discovered byE. W. Elst
Discovery siteLa Silla Obs.
Discovery date18 November 1990
Designations
(15268) Wendelinefroger
Named after
Wendeline Froger
(Belgian singer)[2]
1990 WF3 · 1979 WA7
1986 PO5 · 1999 CD133
main-belt · (inner)[3]
Nysa
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc37.29 yr (13,619 days)
Aphelion2.9209 AU
Perihelion1.8107 AU
2.3658 AU
Eccentricity0.2346
3.64 yr (1,329 days)
171.04°
0° 16m 15.24s / day
Inclination2.7540°
144.06°
210.29°
Known satellites1[4][a]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions3.41 km (calculated)[3]
2.4224±0.0001 h[5]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
14.7[1][3] · 14.82±0.04[6]

15268 Wendelinefroger, provisional designation 1990 WF3, is a stony, spheroidal, and binary[a] Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.4 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 18 November 1990, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile, and named after Belgian singer Wendeline Froger.[2][7]

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