(495287) Harari Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 2013 by Zolnowski, M., Kusiak, M. at Tincana.
Yuval Noah Harari (b. 1976) is an Israeli historian and a tenured professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His international writing bestsellers focus on the study of free will, human consciousness and intelligence. He is also a proponent of animal rights.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Harari is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Harari is 3.34 au from the Sun and 3.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 495287 |
| Provisional designation | 2013 RW94 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.206 |
| Inclination | 17.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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