(13285) Stephicks Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stephanie Marie Hicks (b. 1990) 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 Keystone Junior High School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stephicks is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stephicks is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13285 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QK52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 6.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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