(13369) Youngblood Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 October 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Donna Sue Youngblood mentored a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Gilmer Intermediate School, Gilmer, Texas.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Youngblood is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Youngblood is 3.37 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13369 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UF37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.8 km (#3,783 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Rotation period | 63.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 1.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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