(14158) Alananderson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alan Anderson mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the C.W. Ruckel Middle School, Niceville, Florida.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alananderson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alananderson is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14158 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SZ133 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.44 km (#9,816 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.149 |
| Rotation period | 17.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0965 |
| Inclination | 5.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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