(14172) Amanolivere Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Amanda Olivere mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Engle Middle School, West Grove, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Amanolivere is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amanolivere is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number14172
Provisional designation1998 VN8
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.9
Orbital period3.82 years
Semi-major axis2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 2.85 au
Eccentricity0.165
Inclination2.77°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Amanda

Also discovered on 10 November 1998

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