(14007) Fiamingo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Giuseppe Fiamingo (b. 1972) is an Italian mathematician, physics teacher, and science communicator. His specialty is cosmic rays and the physical phenomena associated with them. In 2024 he was awarded the Atlante Italian Teacher Award and the title of Best Italian Teacher in his field of mathematics and physics teaching.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #2, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fiamingo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fiamingo is 2.83 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14007 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TH14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.20 km (#10,253 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.313 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.56 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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