(14119) Johnprince Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
John E. Prince mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Keystone Junior High School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johnprince is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johnprince is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14119 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QU46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.77 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 5.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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