(13226) Soulie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 September 1997 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Guy Soulié (b. 1920) made photometric observations of the zodiacal light, measured positions of comets, planets and their satellites and wrote astrometric reduction programs. A member of the Hipparcos Input Catalog team, he also discovered double stars and minor planets. The name was suggested by J. Montanné.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Soulie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Soulie is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13226 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 SH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.71 km (#7,982 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.156 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0701 |
| Inclination | 9.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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