(13817) Genobechetti Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Geno Bechetti (b.~1958) was a telescope operator at Steward Observatory's Bok Telescope and at the Large Binocular Telescope. He was also a member of mountain operations support at the observatory's Mt. Lemmon Station. He is an avid motorcyclist, logging over 300 thousand miles touring the United States.Naming citation (20110218/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Genobechetti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Genobechetti is 3.21 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13817 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RH39 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 18.5 km (#2,419 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.10 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0383 |
| Inclination | 16.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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