(13733) Dylanyoung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dylan Howard Young (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. He attends the Hastings Middle School, Upper Arlington, Ohio.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dylanyoung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dylanyoung is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13733 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RA59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.57 km (#13,778 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.220 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0781 |
| Inclination | 4.35° |
| 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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