(13743) Rivkin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Andrew S. Rivkin (b. 1969), of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has wide-ranging interests, including 3-μm observations of minor planets, Saturn's rings, stellar dust disks, science education, the moons of Mars and oblique impacts. He has also contributed to NEAR, Deep Space-1, ISO, MUSES-C and Rosetta.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rivkin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rivkin is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13743 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SX23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.33 km (#16,543 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.296 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 4.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.909 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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