(13774) Spurny Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Pavel Spurný (b. 1958), of the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, leads the European Network for photographing bolides. He is well known for his work in meteor physics and astronomy and has published many precise trajectories and orbits of bolides. The name was suggested by Z. Ceplecha.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Spurny is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Spurny is 3.18 au from the Sun and 4.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13774 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TW30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.96 km (#8,989 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.238 |
| Rotation period | 6.26 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.78 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 9.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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