(15014) Annagekker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anna Gekker (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Annagekker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annagekker is 2.32 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15014 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RO74 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.91 km (#10,789 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Rotation period | 27.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 3.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.981 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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