(13271) Gingerbyrd Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ginger Byrd mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Fugman Elementary School, Fresno, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gingerbyrd is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gingerbyrd is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13271 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QZ35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.55 km (#11,533 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 8.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 August 1998
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- (9476) Vincenthuang
- (9477) Kefennell
- (10635) Chiragkumar
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- (11369) Brazelton
- (11370) Nabrown
- (11371) Camley
- (11372) Aditisingh
- (11373) Carbonaro
- (11737) Gregneat
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