(14681) Estellechurch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 December 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Estelle C. Church (b. 1980) is a Lockheed Martin test engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission, focusing on the integration of the guidance system and the asteroid encounter mission phase. She also worked on the Juno and MAVEN missions and as an optics engineer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Estellechurch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Estellechurch is 2.97 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14681 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XW108 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 12.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 0.937° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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