(14232) Curtismiller Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 December 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Curtis Miller (b. 1988) is a Guidance, Navigation and Control engineer for Lockheed Martin working on Natural Feature Tracking for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Prior to this role, he worked as a GN&C operations engineer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Curtismiller is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Curtismiller is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14232 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XJ120 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.99 km (#8,940 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.340 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Curtis
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