(14564) Heasley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 January 1998 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
James N. Heasley (b. 1947) completed his Ph.D. at Yale University in 1973 and studies stellar pulsations and populations at the Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Heasley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Heasley is 3.13 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14564 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BX13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.6 km (#4,252 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.226 |
| Inclination | 4.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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