(14544) Ericjones Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1997 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Eric M. Jones (b. 1944) is an American astrophysicist and space historian. He incorporated the transcripts from the Apollo landings into the landmark web resource “The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal”, expanding the transcripts to include annotations by the astronauts, as well as other documentation.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ericjones is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ericjones is 3.32 au from the Sun and 4.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14544 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 SG21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.82 km (#5,211 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.152 |
| Rotation period | 18.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.08 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0995 |
| Inclination | 9.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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