(14155) Cibronen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Cindy Bronen mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Andrew W. Mellon Middle School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cibronen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cibronen is 2.05 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14155 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SK122 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.65 km (#13,576 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0955 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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