(13845) Jillburnett Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jill M. Burnett for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Burnett is a teacher at the Canterbury School, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jillburnett is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jillburnett is 2.87 au from the Sun and 2.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13845 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XL63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 2.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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