(14234) Davidhoover Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of David L. Hoover for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Hoover is a teacher at the Middletown Middle School, Middletown, Maryland.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidhoover is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidhoover is 1.88 au from the Sun and 0.881 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14234 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XZ182 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.52 km (#16,220 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.529 |
| Rotation period | 5.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 7.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.854 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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