(13717) Vencill Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kory Aaron Vencill (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Applegate Middle School, Applegate, Oregon.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vencill is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vencill is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13717 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QM42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.46 km (#16,339 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.243 |
| Rotation period | 24.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0470 |
| Inclination | 2.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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