21711 Wilfredwong

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Wilfredwong
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Orbit Diagram of Wilfredwong
Discovery
Discovered by LINEAR
Discovery date September 7, 1999
Designations
1999 RE95
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008 (JD 2454600.5)
Aphelion 2.8947351 AU)
Perihelion 2.0452755 AU
2.47 AU
Eccentricity 0.1719550
1417.8989259 d (3.88 a)
? km/s
241.16546°
Inclination 2.819°
192.73956°
7.22994°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 3-7km diameter
Mass ?×10? kg
Mean density
? g/cm³
? m/s²
? km/s
? d
Albedo ?
Temperature ? K
Spectral type
?
14.7

21711 Wilfredwong is a minor planet discovered on September 7, 1999, by MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program. It lies in the Ceres belt of the solar system.

It was named in honor of Wilfred Wong (born 1988), who was awarded second place in the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering project, Polycaprolactone-Chitosan Nanocomposite Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing.

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