(13244) Dannymeyer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 June 1998 by CSS at Catalina.
Danny Meyer (b. 1958), restaurateur and philanthropist, promotes neighborhood rejuvenation of historic New York City buildings and parks. Meyer is a board leader of two charities focusing on feeding the hungry and is a winner of the Share Our Strength Humanitarian Award and the James Beard Humanitarian Award.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dannymeyer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dannymeyer is 3.18 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13244 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MJ14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 31.6 km (#1,293 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0486 |
| Rotation period | 28.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.82 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.13 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0117 |
| Inclination | 19.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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