(13266) Maiabland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maia Bland mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maiabland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maiabland is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13266 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QY30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.61 km (#11,417 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.251 |
| Rotation period | 4.85 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0860 |
| Inclination | 1.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Maia
All asteroids named after someone called Maia
Also discovered on 17 August 1998
- (9474) Cassadrury
- (9476) Vincenthuang
- (9477) Kefennell
- (10635) Chiragkumar
- (11189) Rabeaton
- (11369) Brazelton
- (11370) Nabrown
- (11371) Camley
- (11372) Aditisingh
- (11373) Carbonaro
- (11737) Gregneat
- (12545) Taniamurphy