(13995) Toravere Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

Tõravere is a small village close to the Tartu Observatory.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Toravere is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toravere is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13995
Provisional designation1993 FV16
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period22.6 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.18
Orbital period3.75 years
Semi-major axis2.41 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.00 – 2.83 au
Eccentricity0.170
Inclination2.42°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.988 au

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

Also discovered on 19 March 1993

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