(70713) Sethmacfarlane Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Seth MacFarlane (b. 1973) writer, actor, and producer, is a founding member of the Board of Advisors to the Science and Entertainment Exchange, a Los Angeles branch office of the National Academy of Sciences. He would later serve as an Executive Producer of the 2014, 13-part TV series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sethmacfarlane is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sethmacfarlane is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 70713 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UL46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 7.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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