2044 Wirt
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2044 Wirt is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on November 8, 1950 by C. A. Wirtanen at the Lick Observatory
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Lick Observatory
The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA...
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Satellite
Photometric observations in 2005 confirmed a 2 km satellite (diameter ratio of 0.25) with an orbital period of 18.97 hours.External links
- JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 2044 Wirt
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris