(13714) Stainbrook Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Haileigh Kate Stainbrook (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Fairmont Elementary, Sanger, California.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stainbrook is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stainbrook is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13714
Provisional designation1998 QV38
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.05 km (#15,086 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.329
Absolute magnitude (H)14.61
Orbital period3.41 years
Semi-major axis2.27 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.95 – 2.58 au
Eccentricity0.138
Inclination4.42°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.970 au

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

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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