(14153) Dianecaplain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Diane S. Caplain mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Great Neck South Middle School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dianecaplain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dianecaplain is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14153 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SA80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0599 |
| Inclination | 3.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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