(13734) Buklad Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Naomi Buklad mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Altamont School, Birmingham, Alabama.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Buklad is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buklad is 2.03 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13734 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RC66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.52 km (#16,217 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.253 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 3.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.948 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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