(13869) Fruge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Norma A. Fruge for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Fruge is a teacher at the F. K. White Middle School, Lake Charles, Louisiana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fruge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fruge is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13869 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AR194 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.61 km (#13,691 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 8.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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