11714 Mikebrown
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11714 Mikebrown, provisional designation 1998 HQ51, is a stony background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 28 April 1998, by astronomers of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search (LONEOS) at the U.S. Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, and later named after American astronomer Michael Brown.[2][4]
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | LONEOS |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
Discovery date | 28 April 1998 |
Designations | |
(11714) Mikebrown | |
Named after | Michael E. Brown (minor planet discoverer)[2] |
1998 HQ51 · 1977 RX8 1986 TH5 · 1986 TW10 1986 UR1 | |
main-belt[1] · (central) background | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 38.94 yr (14,224 days) |
Aphelion | 3.3555 AU |
Perihelion | 1.9897 AU |
2.6726 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2555 |
4.37 yr (1,596 days) | |
67.558° | |
0° 13m 32.16s / day | |
Inclination | 3.0156° |
178.73° | |
135.17° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 4.451±0.945 km[3] |
0.246±0.069[3] | |
14.1[1] | |
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