(13732) Woodall Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ashley Renee Woodall (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her physical science project. She attends the Austin Academy for Excellence, Garland, Texas.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Woodall is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Woodall is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13732
Provisional designation1998 RC56
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period8.30 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.43
Orbital period3.66 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.14 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.100
Inclination6.04°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.15 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Ashley

Also discovered on 14 September 1998

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