(13328) Guetter Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Harry Hendrik Guetter (b. 1935) was an astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station from 1964 until 2002. The name was suggested by C. B. Luginbuhl.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Guetter is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Guetter is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13328
Provisional designation1998 SP24
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.04 km (#7,590 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0890
Absolute magnitude (H)14.35
Orbital period5.27 years
Semi-major axis3.03 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.67 – 3.38 au
Eccentricity0.117
Inclination4.32°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.69 au

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

Also named after someone called Harry

Also discovered on 17 September 1998

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