Wilk

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.619 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 63.32 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 62.701 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 31.97 AU gives an orbital period of 181 yr, or about 66,024 days.

The high eccentricity (0.981) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 26.01° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 53.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 0.5 km/s at aphelion.

Because q < 1 AU and Q > 1 AU, this orbit geometrically intersects the region of Earth's orbit.

Its Tisserand parameter with respect to Jupiter is T_J = 1.04, a standard discriminator between asteroidal and cometary dynamics.

Size and surface

Neither a measured diameter nor a reliable absolute magnitude is available for Wilk, so its physical size remains unconstrained.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 17 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7264 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.