(13765) Nansmith Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nancy Smith mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Harry F. Byrd Middle School, Richmond, Virginia.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nansmith is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nansmith is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13765 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SM138 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,964 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Rotation period | 10.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0642 |
| Inclination | 0.967° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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