(13269) Dahlstrom Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kurt Martin Dahlstrom (b. 1988) 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 Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, North Dakota.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dahlstrom is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dahlstrom is 2.37 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13269 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QV34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 26.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0814 |
| Inclination | 5.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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