(13217) Alpbach Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 June 1997 by ODAS at Caussols.
Alpbach, the beautiful mountain village situated in the Tyrolean Alps, hosts the annual Summer School Alpbach. It is also famous for the international congress European Forum Alpbach, organized there every summer since 1945 to provide an important platform for economists, scientists, politicians and artists.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alpbach is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alpbach is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13217 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 ML2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.82 km (#9,196 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 3.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.