(13788) Dansolander Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 October 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Swedish botanist Daniel Solander (1733-1782) joined James Cook on the Endeavour, the ship that was sent by the Royal Society to the South Seas to observe the June 1769 transit of Venus. During this voyage he collected about a thousand different species of plants, none of which was then known in Europe.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dansolander is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dansolander is 3.28 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13788 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UY26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.22 km (#6,378 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.103 |
| Rotation period | 6.76 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 8.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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