(13302) Kezmoh Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lorren J. Kezmoh (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Brentwood Middle School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kezmoh is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kezmoh is 2.16 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13302
Provisional designation1998 RO31
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.90 km (#15,442 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.364
Absolute magnitude (H)14.74
Orbital period3.41 years
Semi-major axis2.27 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.08 – 2.45 au
Eccentricity0.0807
Inclination4.84°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.10 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 14 September 1998

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