(13208) Fraschetti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 1997 by NEAT at Haleakala.
George Fraschetti (b. 1941) is a technical advisor and contributor to the NEAT instruments. During his 33 years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he has worked on many flagship projects, notably the Voyager and Galileo imaging systems and the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Cameras.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fraschetti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fraschetti is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13208 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GA38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 4.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.955 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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