(13315) Hilana Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hilana Megan Lewkowitz-Shpuntoff (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Great Neck South Middle School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hilana is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hilana is 2.25 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13315 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RX71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0923 |
| Inclination | 6.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 September 1998
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- (12898) Mignard
- (12900) Rishabjain
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- (12906) Alexismacavoy
- (12907) Giannanilvo
- (13301) Hofsteen
- (13302) Kezmoh
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