(13334) Tost Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Wilfried Tost (b. 1952) is a system manager at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin-Adlerhof. He has a keen interest in astronomy, and is active at Wilhelm Förster Sternwarte in Berlin. He was instrumental in organizing the ACM 2002 conference. The name was suggested by G. Hahn.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tost is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tost is 3.28 au from the Sun and 4.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13334 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SX60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.31 km (#10,027 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.157 |
| Rotation period | 5.73 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 10.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Wilfried
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Also discovered on 17 September 1998
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- (11377) Nye
- (11378) Dauria
- (12909) Jaclifford
- (12910) Deliso
- (12911) Goodhue
- (12912) Streator
- (13326) Ferri
- (13327) Reitsema
- (13328) Guetter
- (13332) Benkhoff
- (13333) Carsenty