(12864) Ryandrake Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ryan Edward Drake (b. 2004) was a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his environmental and earth sciences project. He attended the Rancho Christian School, Temecula, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ryandrake is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ryandrake is 2.46 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12864 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KB55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.86 km (#6,714 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 8.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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