(13132) Ortelius Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 August 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and geographer. Creator of the first modern atlas (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1570) he believed that the continents were joined together before drifting away from each other.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-08-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ortelius is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ortelius is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13132 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PO32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.16 km (#6,420 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 26.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0761 |
| Inclination | 5.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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