(13416) Berryman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.

Jay Berryman (b. 1980) is a member of the Mountain Operations team for Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona. His efforts have been instrumental in keeping the Mt. Lemmon and Catalina Stations of the observatory available for use by the Arizona university system.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Berryman is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Berryman is 2.47 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13416
Provisional designation1999 UX25
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter13.7 km (#3,494 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0650
Absolute magnitude (H)13.29
Orbital period5.59 years
Semi-major axis3.15 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.43 – 3.87 au
Eccentricity0.229
Inclination4.01°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.42 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Jay

Also discovered on 30 October 1999

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