(13607) Vicars Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1994 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Andrea Vicars (b. 1974) is an engineer with a wide range of skills, and a great love of cats. She did extensive work in constructing some of the solid rocket boosters used for the space shuttle program.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vicars is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vicars is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13607 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 SH11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.82 km (#13,170 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.304 |
| Rotation period | 4.13 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0594 |
| Inclination | 6.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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