(13258) Bej Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gautam Ashim Bej (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. He attends the Altamont School, Birmingham, Alabama.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bej is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bej is 2.25 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13258 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QT12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.59 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0915 |
| Inclination | 5.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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