(14275) Dianemurray Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Diane K. Murray for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Murray is a teacher at the J. F. Kennedy Elementary School, Butte, Montana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dianemurray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dianemurray is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14275 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BR26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.16 km (#12,364 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.112 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0946 |
| Inclination | 2.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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