(13840) Wayneanderson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Wayne E. Anderson for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Anderson is a teacher at the House Junior High School, House, New Mexico.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wayneanderson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wayneanderson is 2.36 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13840 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XW31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.55 km (#11,521 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.178 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 2.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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