(14214) Hirsch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Theresa Hirsch mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the St. John the Baptist School, New Brighton, Minnesota.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hirsch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hirsch is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14214 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RP86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.87 km (#15,515 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.310 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.51 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 3.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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