(13764) Mcalanis Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Edith McAlanis mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Barbara Bush Middle School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mcalanis is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mcalanis is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13764
Provisional designation1998 SW135
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.33 km (#16,561 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.393
Absolute magnitude (H)15.23
Orbital period3.40 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.23 – 2.29 au
Eccentricity0.0147
Inclination3.94°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.22 au

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

Also named after someone called Edith

Also discovered on 26 September 1998

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