(14980) Gustavbrom Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 October 1997 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Gustav Brom (Gustav Frkal, 1921-1995) was a popular Czech jazz musician, conductor, composer and singer. After a very difficult youth he established in Brno in 1941 a famous big band bearing his name. Under his direction it became the leading Czech jazz orchestra for more than fifty years.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gustavbrom is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gustavbrom is 3.42 au from the Sun and 4.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14980 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 TW9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.83 km (#7,843 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0720 |
| Rotation period | 123 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 2.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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