(14702) Benclark Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Benton C. Clark III (b. 1937), chief scientist at Space Exploration Systems of Lockheed Martin, specializes in Mars and cometary science and in developing new mission concepts for solar system exploration. He has been a member of science teams on Gemini, Giotto, Stardust, CONTOUR, Huygens and other missions.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benclark is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benclark is 3.04 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14702 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AY242 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.96 km (#5,787 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.152 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.13 |
| Orbital period | 5.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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