(13933) Charleville Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 November 1988 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Charleville is the largest town in Queensland's outback in Australia. It is the home of Charleville Cosmos Centre, which, blessed with very dark skies, introduces the public to astronomy. The name was suggested by E. Kato.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charleville is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charleville is 3.14 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13933 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 VE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.1 km (#4,514 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 8.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.