(13744) Rickline Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Rick Kline (b. 1953) has been Data Manager of the Spacecraft Planetary Imaging Facility at Cornell University since 1987. Kline has provided imaging data for planetary and small body research, and has educated thousands of young space advocates in his educational outreach programs. The name was suggested by B. E. Clark.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rickline is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rickline is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13744 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SY25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.4 km (#4,365 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0958 |
| Inclination | 6.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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