(13609) Lewicki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1994 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Christopher A. Lewicki (b. 1974) is an engineer working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he is developing rovers that will be launched to Mars in 2003. During the 1994 cometary impacts on Jupiter he headed development of a popular Internet resource for the event.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lewicki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lewicki is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13609 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 TK11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 12.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0689 |
| Inclination | 2.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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