(14950) Alexandradelbo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 January 1996 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Alexandra Delbo (b. 2020) is the daughter of planetary scientists Marco Delbo and Chrysa Avdellidou. She was born as her father remotely observed this asteroid that was a target of her mother’s NASA Infrared Telescope Facility program.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alexandradelbo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alexandradelbo is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14950 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 BE2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.18 km (#8,670 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.154 |
| Rotation period | 3.28 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0988 |
| Inclination | 6.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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