(13270) Brittonbounds Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Britton Bounds mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. He teaches at the Crocker Middle School, Hillsborough, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brittonbounds is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brittonbounds is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13270 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QX35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.88 km (#10,852 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.204 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0340 |
| Inclination | 2.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 August 1998
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- (9476) Vincenthuang
- (9477) Kefennell
- (10635) Chiragkumar
- (11189) Rabeaton
- (11369) Brazelton
- (11370) Nabrown
- (11371) Camley
- (11372) Aditisingh
- (11373) Carbonaro
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