(14505) Barentine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
John Caleb Barentine (b. 1976) has served as an observing specialist at the Apache Point Observatory 3.5-m telescope and Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Trained in stellar astronomy, he was introduced to planetary work by colleagues Gil Esquerdo and Carol Neese, who suggested this name.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Barentine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barentine is 2.60 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14505 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 AW4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.87 km (#13,059 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.155 |
| Rotation period | 2.89 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 3.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.974 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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