(13231) Blondelet Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 January 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Jacques Blondelet (1934-1998) was a former president of the Société Lorraine d´Astronomie and vice president of the Observatoire Provençal d´Astrophotographie. A physician by profession, he has published many papers on cosmology in magazines such as the Echo d´Orion.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Blondelet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Blondelet is 2.80 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13231 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BL14 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.04 km (#6,545 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0910 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 0.433° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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