(14570) Burkam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ann Burkam mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Buckeye Valley Middle School, Delaware, Ohio.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Burkam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Burkam is 2.09 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14570 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QS37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.09 km (#16,939 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.307 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 1.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.984 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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