(14224) Gaede Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Allison Gaede for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Gaede is a teacher at the Reyburn Intermediate School, Clovis, California.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gaede is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gaede is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14224 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XU33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 0.800° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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