(13818) Ullery Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Elaine Ullery mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Pinedale Middle School, Pinedale, Wyoming.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ullery is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ullery is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13818
Provisional designation1999 RE92
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.69 km (#13,484 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.297
Rotation period25.4 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.42
Orbital period4.47 years
Semi-major axis2.71 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.36 – 3.07 au
Eccentricity0.130
Inclination6.87°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.35 au

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

Also named after someone called Elaine

Also discovered on 7 September 1999

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