(13006) Schwaar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 1983 by B. A. Skiff at Anderson Mesa.
Pierre-Yves Schwaar (1946-2000) was a well-regarded amateur optician and telescope maker. He was also an accomplished observer and photographer of the night sky, often making resourceful use of simple apparatus.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schwaar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schwaar is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13006 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 AC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.89 km (#9,086 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.185 |
| Rotation period | 6.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 28.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.831 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Yves
All asteroids named after someone called Yves
Also discovered on 12 January 1983
- (2864) Soderblom
- (2881) Meiden
- (3614) Tumilty
- (3819) Robinson
- (3872) Akirafujii
- (4147) Lennon
- (4783) Wasson
- (5460) Tsenaat'a'i