(13412) Guerrieri Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.

Mary Guerrieri (b. 1966) has supported astronomical research at the University of Arizona. She served as an editor of the university Press Space Science Series, manager of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory's Space Imagery Center and manager of Academic Affairs for the Department of Planetary Sciences.Naming citation (20100923/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Guerrieri is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Guerrieri is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13412
Provisional designation1999 UJ8
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.45 km (#11,744 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.296
Absolute magnitude (H)14.03
Orbital period4.88 years
Semi-major axis2.88 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.69 – 3.06 au
Eccentricity0.0653
Inclination2.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.70 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Mary

Also discovered on 29 October 1999

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