(14976) Josefcapek Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 1997 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
Josef Čapek (1887-1945) was a Czech artist with wide interests, including painting, graphic arts and writing, authoring stories for children and coauthoring dramas together with his brother Karel. Part of his art was influenced by the growing threat posed by the fascists to Czechoslovakia in the 1930s.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Josefcapek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Josefcapek is 3.30 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14976 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 SD4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.61 km (#8,113 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 4.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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