(13647) Rey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
In Amsterdam from 1744 onward, Marc-Michel Rey (1720-1780) was a major figure in the publishing history of the Enlightenment. Manuscripts were smuggled out of France and found their way to Amsterdam, where they were printed and brought back to France clandestinely.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Rey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rey is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13647 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HR24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.29 km (#6,310 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0850 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 4.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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