(14796) Emmabullock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1977 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Emma Bullock (b. 1980) is a British planetary scientist at Carnegie Science in Washington, DC. In addition to her work on understanding the origin of chondritic meteorites, she is an expert in microbeam analytical techniques and manages the electron microprobe lab at the Earth and Planets Laboratory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #14, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Emmabullock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Emmabullock is 3.31 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14796 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 XF2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.1 km (#3,696 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.22 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 8.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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