(13514) Mikerudenko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 June 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Michael Rudenko (b. 1955) has been an IT specialist at the Minor Planet Center, handling the website and database, since 2009. He (co-)discovered three comets visually: C/1984 V1 (Levy-Rudenko); C/1987 Q1 (Rudenko); and C/1989 Q1 (Okazaki-Levy-Rudenko).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikerudenko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikerudenko is 2.23 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13514 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 MR |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.79 km (#11,031 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.161 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.218 |
| Inclination | 6.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.819 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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