(13168) Danoconnell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1995 by AMOS at Haleakala.
Dan O'Connell is a key member of the Air Force Maui and Supercomputing (AMOS) team, which supports a number of minor planet programs, including JPL's Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) program.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Danoconnell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danoconnell is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13168 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 XW |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.81 km (#10,986 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.304 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0960 |
| Inclination | 15.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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