(13274) Roygross Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Roy James Gross (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He attends the Penndale Middle School, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Roygross is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Roygross is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13274 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QX37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.80 km (#13,216 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.134 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0463 |
| Inclination | 7.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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