(14605) Hyeyeonchoi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hyeyeon Choi (b. 1984) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her engineering project. She attends the Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hyeyeonchoi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hyeyeonchoi is 2.14 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14605 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SD123 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.87 km (#13,068 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.187 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 4.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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