(13710) Shridhar Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Nupur Shridhar (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her computer science project. She attends the Great Valley Middle School, Malvern, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shridhar is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shridhar is 1.99 au from the Sun and 1.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13710
Provisional designation1998 QU13
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.58 km (#16,117 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.463
Absolute magnitude (H)14.85
Orbital period3.41 years
Semi-major axis2.27 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.95 – 2.59 au
Eccentricity0.140
Inclination5.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.966 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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