(13349) Yarotsky Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Misty Yarotsky mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Friendswood Junior High, Friendswood, Texas.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yarotsky is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yarotsky is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13349
Provisional designation1998 SD139
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.28 km (#7,327 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0920
Rotation period3.22 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.31
Orbital period4.55 years
Semi-major axis2.75 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.64 – 2.85 au
Eccentricity0.0381
Inclination4.69°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.63 au

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

Also named after someone called Misty

Also discovered on 26 September 1998

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