(13772) Livius Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
The Roman historian Titus Livius (Livy, 59 B.C.--A.D. 17) is well known for the 142 books of his Ab urbe condita (“From the Founding of the City”). Only Books 1--10 and 21--45 have survived. The famous defeat by Hannibal of the Roman forces under Flaminius at the battle of Trasimeno Lake is described in Book 22.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Livius is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Livius is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13772 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SV163 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.50 km (#5,413 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.179 |
| Rotation period | 11.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0361 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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