(14594) Jindrasilhan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1998 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
Jindřich Šilhán (1944-2000) was a major contributor to the development of visual observations in the Czech and Slovak Republics. He observed eclipsing binaries and organized a program to monitor them. His former students are some of the leaders of public observatories.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jindrasilhan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jindrasilhan is 2.29 au from the Sun and 1.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14594 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SS26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.84 km (#13,135 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.362 |
| Rotation period | 10.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.