(13283) Dahart Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Andrew Hart (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Episcopal Day School, Lake Charles, Louisiana.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dahart is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dahart is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13283 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QF51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.32 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 0.377° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.940 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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