(13668) Tanner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 1997 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Roger Tanner (b. 1950) has spent the last eight years at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory designing and building imaging systems for use on the various Mars missions, such as Mars Pathfinder, Beagle II and HiRISE. He is also an avid amateur astronomer who aspires to work at a professional level.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Tanner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tanner is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13668 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 HQ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 3.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.979 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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