(14582) Conlin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kimberly Conlin mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Rocky Mountain Middle School, Heber, Utah.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Conlin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Conlin is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14582 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RK49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 5.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.891 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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