(13308) Melissamayne Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melissa Mayne mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Cambridge School, San Diego, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Melissamayne is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Melissamayne is 2.72 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13308 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RL59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.92 km (#12,948 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.317 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0812 |
| Inclination | 3.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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