(13908) Wolbern Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1978 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.
Ingo Wölbern (b. 1970) is a German geophysicist who has investigated the nature of the Hawaiian mantle plume and the Scandinavian shield by seismological methods.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wolbern is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wolbern is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13908 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RH9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.93 km (#17,107 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.474 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 4.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.877 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Ingo
All asteroids named after someone called Ingo
Also discovered on 2 September 1978
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- (7047) Lundstrom
- (8786) Belskaya
- (9265) Ekman
- (9266) Holger
- (9267) Lokrume
- (10013) Stenholm
- (10265) Gunnarsson
- (10458) Sfranke
- (10997) Gahm
- (11256) Fuglesang
- (12663) Bjorkegren