(13368) Wlodekofman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Wlodek Kofman (b. 1945) directs the Laboratoire de Planétologie at the Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble. He is principal investigator on the Rosetta mission's CONSERT experiment, which will use the transmission of radio waves through the nucleus of comet 46P/Wirtanen to build up a three-dimensional image.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wlodekofman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wlodekofman is 3.19 au from the Sun and 4.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13368 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UV24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.35 km (#11,943 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.309 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0837 |
| Inclination | 2.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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