(13585) Justinsmith Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Justin Erik Halldór Smith (1972) is an American-Canadian philosopher, at present a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Sciences at Diderot University, Paris. His recent book Nature, Human Nature and Human Difference (2015) is a collection of philosophical essays.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-08-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Justinsmith is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Justinsmith is 2.84 au from the Sun and 2.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13585 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TC20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.55 km (#9,639 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.120 |
| Rotation period | 50.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0841 |
| Inclination | 4.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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