(13853) Jenniferfritz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jennifer K. Fritz for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Fritz is a teacher at the Landisville Middle School, Landisville, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jenniferfritz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jenniferfritz is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13853 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XR96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.62 km (#8,088 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 10.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 2.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.983 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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