(13179) Johncochrane Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 April 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
John Dundas Cochrane (1780-1825) was a Scottish explorer who during 1820-1823 crossed on foot from Russia to Kamchatka. His remarkable journey has been described in A pedestrian journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, to the frontiers of China, the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka (1829).Naming citation (20100527/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johncochrane is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johncochrane is 3.46 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13179 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HU18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,829 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 1.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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