(13760) Rodriguez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maria Rodriguez mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Arvida Middle School, Miami, Florida.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rodriguez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rodriguez is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13760 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SN123 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.21 km (#12,249 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.229 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 2.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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