(14566) Hokule`a Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 June 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Hōkūleʻa is the Hawaiian word for the star Arcturus. It is also the name of a double-hulled sailing canoe used to retrace ancient ocean crossings of the ancestral Hawaiians, who navigated using stellar observations.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #3, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hokule`a is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hokule`a is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14566 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MY7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.8 km (#4,669 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.257 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.947 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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