(13326) Ferri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Francesca Ferri (b. 1967) is a planetary scientist at the University of Padua. She is involved in space research, and played an important role on the Cassini/Huygens HASI instrument. The name was suggested by M. Fulchignoni.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ferri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ferri is 2.78 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13326 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SH23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.4 km (#4,359 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 5.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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