(14225) Alisahamilton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Alisa Hamilton for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Hamilton is a teacher at the College Station Middle School, College Station, Texas.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alisahamilton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alisahamilton is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14225 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XZ49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.226 |
| Inclination | 3.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.807 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 December 1999
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- (14226) Hamura
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