(13761) Dorristaylor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dorris Taylor mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Dunbar Middle School, Fort Worth, Texas.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dorristaylor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dorristaylor is 2.15 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13761 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SA130 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 2.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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