13248 Fornasier
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| MPC designation | 13248 |
| 1998 MT37 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.3684549 |
| Perihelion | 2.1743455 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2154343 |
| 1685.1838728 | |
| 344.34651 | |
| Inclination | 3.11413 |
| 47.88285 | |
| 341.82702 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.9 | |
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13248 Fornasier (1998 MT37) is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station on June 24, 1998. E. Dotto and M. A. Barucci suggested naming the asteroid for Sonia Fornasier, an Italian astronomer who works on the physical properties of cisjovian and trans-Neptunian objects.[1]
References
- ↑ "13248 Fornasier (1998 MT37)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Retrieved 15 June 2012.