(13724) Schwehm Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Gerhard Schwehm (b. 1949) is head of the Planetary Missions Division of ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, and Project Scientist for the Rosetta Mission. He has worked mainly on the dynamical and physical properties of interplanetary dust particles. The name was suggested by H. Scholl.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schwehm is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schwehm is 2.05 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13724 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QF55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.36 km (#14,333 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.474 |
| Rotation period | 3.16 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 1.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.881 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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