(13860) Neely Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 December 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
A. W. Neely (b. 1951) co-designed, constructed and operated one of the first completely automated remotely controlled CCD imaging facilities, the ARLT (Automatic Radio-Linked Telescope), which collected 20 000 CCD images during 1991–1997.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #9, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Neely is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Neely is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13860 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XH143 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 26.4 km (#1,588 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Rotation period | 13.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 17.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.