115312 Whither

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discoverer = James Whitney Young
discovery_site = Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California
discovered = September 19, 2003
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mp_name = 115312
alt_names = 2003 SP215, 1999 RC73
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epoch = November 30, 2008
aphelion = 2.7222559
perihelion = 2.0811641
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period = 1359.5001873
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inclination = 2.96529
asc_node = 198.09215
mean_anomaly = 142.98242
arg_peri = 186.38281
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abs_magnitude = 16.1

115312 Whither (2003 SP215) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 19, 2003 by James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California.

Named using the truncated combination of the first names for the two granddaughters Whitney Young and Heather Young of the discoverer, both daughters of the discoverer’s son Jeffrey Young.

References

* "Minor Planet Circulars", 2008 January 22.

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=115312+Whither JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 115312 Whither]