(14012) Amedee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1993 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Amedee is a small uninhabited island 30 km west of Noumea, New Caledonia. The huge lighthouse, said to have been built by Napoleon III, is the symbol of the island. The discoverer of this minor planet observed 1P/Halley from this island in 1986 April.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amedee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amedee is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14012 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 XG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.8 km (#4,693 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.201 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 13.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.