(13914) Galegant Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 June 1980 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Gale D. Gant (b. 1936) helped organize the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive. Active in a leadership role in the Mt. Wilson Observatory Association, he has also made significant contributions to the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Galegant is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Galegant is 1.98 au from the Sun and 1.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13914 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 LC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.9 km (#4,118 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0720 |
| Rotation period | 73.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.269 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.905 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.