(14252) Audreymeyer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Audrey W. Meyer for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Meyer is a teacher at the Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Audreymeyer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Audreymeyer is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14252 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AD64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.33 km (#16,541 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.324 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 2.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.977 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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