(13449) Margaretgarland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Actress Margaret Garland (b. 1921) played Dr. Joan Dale in the 1950 TV series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. In one episode she went with the cadets to an asteroid mine. She appeared earlier in a number of Broadway plays and later became a nurse.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Margaretgarland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Margaretgarland is 2.80 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13449 |
| Provisional designation | 4845 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (1812) Gilgamesh
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