(13405) Dorisbillings Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 September 1999 by G. W. Billings at Calgary.

Doris Billings, née Dora Kawchuk (b. 1925), is the mother of the discoverer. Some of his earliest memories are of her fascination with space.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dorisbillings is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dorisbillings is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13405
Provisional designation1999 ST1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period11.7 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.95
Orbital period3.48 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity0.0983
Inclination4.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.08 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Doris

Also discovered on 21 September 1999

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