- 21711 Wilfredwong
Minor Planet
name = 21711 Wilfredwong
discoverer = LINEAR
discovery_date=September 7 ,1999
designations=mp|1999 RE|95
category=Main belt
epoch=May 14 ,2008 (JD 2454600.5)
semimajor=2.47 AU
perihelion=2.0452755 AU
aphelion=2.8947351 AU)
eccentricity=0.1719550
period=1417.8989259 d (3.88 a)
inclination=2.819°
asc_node=192.73956°
arg_peri=7.22994°
mean_anomaly=241.16546°
speed=? km/s
dimensions=3-7km diameter
mass=?×10? kg
density=? g/cm³
gravity=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=?
abs_mag=14.7
albedo=?
temperature=? K21711 Wilfredwong is an
minor planet discovered onSeptember 7 1999 by MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program. It lies in the Ceres belt of thesolar system .It was named in honor of Wilfred Wong (b.
1988 ), who was awarded second place in the 2006Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering project, Polycaprolactone-Chitosan Nanocomposite Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing.Wilfred is currently attending the
SUNY Binghamton .Fact|date=September 2008References
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=21711 Jet Propulsion Laboratory page on 21711 Wilfredwong]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=21711%20Wilfredwong;orb=1;cov=0;log=0#orb Jet Propulsion Laboratory orbit diagram of 21711 Wilfred Wong]
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