(13211) Stucky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 May 1997 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Mark P. Stucky (b. 1958) served as a NASA research pilot at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, instructing Space Shuttle astronauts in the T-38 and the Gulfstream-II Shuttle Training Aircraft, and at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stucky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stucky is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13211 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 JH6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.93 km (#10,747 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.183 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 4.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 5.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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