(13436) Enid Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 November 1999 by T. Stafford at Zeno.
Enid, a city in northern Oklahoma, was founded on 1893 Sept. 16 in the Cherokee Outlet land run. It lies on the Chisholm Trail, a major route of cattle drives from Texas to Kansas in the late 1800s.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Enid is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Enid is 3.59 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13436 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 WF |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.7 km (#2,949 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Rotation period | 11.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 0.905° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.