(13433) Phelps Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kels Gordon Phelps (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. He attends the East Middle School, Butte, Montana.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Phelps is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Phelps is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13433 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VP52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 5.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.952 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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