(13699) Nickthomas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 June 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Throughout his career, Nicholas Thomas (b. 1960), of Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, has been associated with obtaining close-up images of solar system bodies, from his role on the Giotto multicolor camera, through the imager on Mars Pathfinder, to Rosetta's OSIRIS imager.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nickthomas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nickthomas is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13699 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MU7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.82 km (#13,171 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.366 |
| Rotation period | 7.32 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.94 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.204 |
| Inclination | 4.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.785 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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