15268 Wendelinefroger
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | La Silla Obs. |
| Discovery date | 18 November 1990 |
| Designations | |
| (15268) Wendelinefroger | |
Named after | Wendeline Froger (Belgian singer) |
| 1990 WF3 · 1979 WA7 1986 PO5 · 1999 CD133 | |
| main-belt · (inner) Nysa | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 37.29 yr (13,619 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9209 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8107 AU |
| 2.3658 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2346 |
| 3.64 yr (1,329 days) | |
| 171.04° | |
| 0° 16m 15.24s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.7540° |
| 144.06° | |
| 210.29° | |
| Known satellites | 1 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 3.41 km (calculated) |
| 2.4224±0.0001 h | |
| 0.20 (assumed) | |
| S | |
| 14.7 · 14.82±0.04 | |
15268 Wendelinefroger, provisional designation 1990 WF3, is a stony, spheroidal, and binary 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.