(13926) Berners-Lee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 December 1986 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Tim Berners-Lee (b. 1955) is the creator of a hypertext program that evolved into the World Wide Web. He founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Berners-Lee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Berners-Lee is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13926 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 XT |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.89 km (#15,466 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.334 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.296 |
| Inclination | 3.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.804 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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