(13280) Christihaas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christine Haas (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Reyburn Intermediate School, Clovis, California.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christihaas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christihaas is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13280 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QM44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.44 km (#16,372 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.270 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0704 |
| Inclination | 4.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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