(13448) Edbryce Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Actor Ed Bryce (1921–1999) played Captain Steve Strong in the 1950s TV series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. He led the crew of cadets. Ed Bryce contributed to the meteoric growth of early television and was featured in numerous shows.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Edbryce is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Edbryce is 2.12 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13448 |
| Provisional designation | 4526 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.70 km (#11,236 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Rotation period | 12.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 2.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites