(14669) Beletic Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 February 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.
James William Beletic (b. 1956), a talented physician, led the European Southern Observatory's Optical Detector Team from 1994 Nov. 1 to 2000 Apr. 27. He contributed to the development of a new CCD controller for astronomy and is now deputy director of the Keck Observatories.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beletic is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beletic is 4.39 au from the Sun and 4.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14669 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 DC |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.1 km (#2,859 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.206 |
| Rotation period | 6.59 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.53 |
| Orbital period | 7.98 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.48 – 4.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 5.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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