Discovered by LINEAR Alternative names 1999 RE95 Observation arc 8916 days (24.41 yr) Absolute magnitude 14.3 Discovery site Experimental Test Site | Discovery date 7 September 1999 Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 7 September 1999 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Aphelion 2.8930964 AU (432.80106 Gm) Discoverer Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research | ||
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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