(13380) Yamamohammed Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yahya Maqsood Mohammed (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. He attends the C.W. Ruckel Middle School, Niceville, Florida.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yamamohammed is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yamamohammed is 2.01 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13380 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WQ11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.70 km (#13,465 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.325 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 3.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.863 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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