(13319) Michaelmi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Mi (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. He attends the Andrew W. Mellon Middle School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelmi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelmi is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13319 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RD79 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.82 km (#15,625 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 6.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.911 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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