2044 Wirt
2044 Wirt, provisional designation , is a binary Phocaea asteroid and Mars-crosser, approximately 6.7 kilometers in diameter. The minor-planet moon has an estimated diameter of 1.89 kilometer.

The asteroid was discovered on 8 November 1950, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, and later named after the discoverer himself.
Q947662
binary
DIS
Q3863
asteroid
Concept
Q777140
Mars-crosser
UNK
Q657829
minor-planet moon
Concept
Q543485
Carl Wirtanen
PER
Q461613
Lick Observatory
LOC
Q147115
2044 Wirt
CEL
1950-11-08T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
8 November 1950
DATE
+2044^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2044
NUMBER
+6.7^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
6.7
NUMBER
+1.89^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1.89
NUMBER
instance of
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention