(14807) Chrisanders Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.

Chris Anders (b. 1994) is an American contractor in the Division of Meteorites at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. In addition to inventorying the collection, he has played a pivotal role in the preparation and characterization of Antarctic meteorites as part of the Smithsonian’s involvement in the U.S. Antarctic Meteorite Program.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #15, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Chrisanders is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chrisanders is 2.74 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	14807
Provisional designation	1981 EN26
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.30 km (#8,510 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0430
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.62
Orbital period	4.65 years
Semi-major axis	2.79 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.36 – 3.21 au
Eccentricity	0.154
Inclination	8.14°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.36 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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