(13690) Lesleymartin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 September 1997 by T. Pauwels at Uccle.

Lesley and Martin Goldsmith took care of the discoverer after he had an accident in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, England.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lesleymartin is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lesleymartin is 3.64 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	13690
Provisional designation	1997 RG9
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	14.2 km (#3,332 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0660
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.18
Orbital period	5.52 years
Semi-major axis	3.12 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.61 – 3.64 au
Eccentricity	0.165
Inclination	15.6°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.61 au

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

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