(13281) Aliciahall Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alicia Esther Hall (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Valley High School, Hoople, North Dakota.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aliciahall is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aliciahall is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13281 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QW45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.53 km (#16,211 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 2.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.955 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Alicia
All asteroids named after someone called Alicia
Also discovered on 17 August 1998
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- (11369) Brazelton
- (11370) Nabrown
- (11371) Camley
- (11372) Aditisingh
- (11373) Carbonaro
- (11737) Gregneat
- (12545) Taniamurphy