(12014) Bobhawkes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 November 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Robert Lewis Hawkes (b. 1951) became head of the physics department at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, in 2000. His graduate work at the University of Western Ontario in 1979 was on the dustball theory of meteoroids.Naming citation (20020128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bobhawkes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bobhawkes is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12014 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VX15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.69 km (#11,264 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.292 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 1.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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