13897 Vesuvius
asteroid
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Summary
13897 Vesuvius is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Cornelis Johannes van Houten[3], Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld[4], Tom Gehrels[5]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[6]
- Named after: Mount Vesuvius[7]
- Follows: (13896) 3310 T-2[8]
- Followed by: (13898) 4834 T-2[9]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[10], outer asteroid belt[11]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[12]
- Provisional designation: 1989 TP2[13], 4216 T-2[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 29, 1973[15]
- Asteroid family: Hilda group[16]
- Significant event: naming[17]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.15[18], 0.1425552[19], 0.1344769280652005[20]
- Absolute magnitude: 12.4[21], 12.56[22]
- Orbital inclination: 9.26373 degree[23], 9.242318544315577 degree[24]
- Orbital period: 8.0 years[25], 2912.733133635264 day[26]
- Longitude of ascending node: 169.00930 degree[27], 168.3992286022228 degree[28]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.9992724 astronomical unit[29], 3.991488167495512 astronomical unit[30]
- Apoapsis: 4.569 astronomical unit[31], 4.528251234668905 astronomical unit[32]
- Periapsis: 3.4291554 astronomical unit[33], 3.454725100322119 astronomical unit[34]
- Argument of periapsis: 142.68691 degree[35], 142.4500807368685 degree[36]
- Mean anomaly: 277.69780 degree[37], 264.6002496814362 degree[38]
- Diameter: 15.379 km[39]
- Albedo: 0.091[40]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[41]
- Time of periapsis: 2461772.3722602595 Julian day[42]
Why It Matters
13897 Vesuvius is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]