(13268) Trevorcorbin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Trevor Eugene Corbin (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He attends the Harry F. Byrd Middle School, Richmond, Virginia.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Trevorcorbin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Trevorcorbin is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13268
Provisional designation1998 QS34
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.23 km (#12,198 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.188
Absolute magnitude (H)14.61
Orbital period4.17 years
Semi-major axis2.59 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.34 – 2.85 au
Eccentricity0.0982
Inclination6.04°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.33 au

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

Also named after someone called Trevor

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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