(14282) Cruijff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Hendrik Johannes (“Johan”) Cruijff (b. 1947) is a legendary Dutch football player who also became successful as a football coach in the Netherlands and Spain. His Cruyff Foundation supports sports projects for disabled and disadvantaged children. The name was suggested by C. E. Koppeschaar.Naming citation (20100923/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cruijff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cruijff is 3.19 au from the Sun and 4.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14282 |
| Provisional designation | 2097 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.41 km (#9,873 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.418 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.59 |
| Orbital period | 5.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0514 |
| Inclination | 7.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hendrik
All asteroids named after someone called Hendrik
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites