(13859) Fredtreasure Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 December 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Fred Treasure (b. 1943) designed and built the wireless network and codeveloped the control system for the ARLT (Automatic Radio-Linked Telescope), one of the first completely automated remotely controlled CCD imaging facilities.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fredtreasure is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fredtreasure is 3.27 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13859 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XQ136 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.0 km (#3,130 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.108 |
| Rotation period | 27.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 13.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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