(13292) Hernandezmon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Monica Hernandez mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School, Santa Cruz, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hernandezmon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hernandezmon is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13292 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QT90 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.93 km (#10,751 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.207 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 5.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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