(13310) Nilvo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jennifer Nilvo mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the School of Dreams Academy, Los Lunas, New Mexico.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nilvo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nilvo is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13310 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RX63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.93 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 3.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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