(13376) Dunphy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1998 by I. P. Griffin at Cocoa.
Desmond Plunket Dunphy (1920-1998) was an Irish medical doctor. In a career lasting from 1945 to 1980 he patiently and diligently tended many tens of thousands of patients, both in Ireland and later in family practice in England. During the last decade of his life he provided much inspiration and encouragement to the discoverer.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dunphy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dunphy is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13376 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VO32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.8 km (#3,775 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Rotation period | 4.32 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 9.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Desmond
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