(13123) Tyson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 May 1994 by Shoemaker, C. S., Levy, D. H. at Palomar.
Neil deGrasse Tyson (b. 1958) is the youngest-ever director of New York's Hayden Planetarium. He spearheaded the complete redesign of the planetarium that reopened in 2000. He also teaches astronomy at Princeton University.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Tyson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tyson is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13123 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 KA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,634 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Rotation period | 3.33 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.72 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.273 |
| Inclination | 23.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.831 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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