(13657) Badinter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 1997 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Elisabeth Badinter (Bleustein-Blanchet, b. 1944) is a French author, feminist and philosopher. Specializing in the eighteenth-century Enlightenment literature, she became famous for L´amour en plus (1980), where she defends the rights of women and proclaims the resemblances between men and women.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Badinter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Badinter is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13657 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 EB54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.54 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 2.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.937 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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