(169078) Chuckshaw Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 April 2001 by E. Sheridan at Kanab.
Charles “Chuck” Shaw (b. 1946) was the mission director for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope rescue mission STS-125.Naming citation (20100923/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chuckshaw is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chuckshaw is 2.11 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 169078 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 HD14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 40.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.