(13341) Kellysweeney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kelly Sweeney mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Avon Grove Charter School, West Grove, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kellysweeney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kellysweeney is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13341 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 ST123 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.31 km (#12,017 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.345 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0798 |
| Inclination | 9.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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