(454326) Donlee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 May 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Don Lee (b. 1949) is a material scientist at Teledyne Imaging Sensors who has played a critical role in the development of high performance HgCdTe infrared detectors that have enabled a generation of scientific facilities, including the Hubble Space Telescope, WISE, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and New Horizons.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-01-31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Donlee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Donlee is 2.12 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 454326 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 KB52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.51 km (#16,251 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.102 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.222 |
| Inclination | 13.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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