(14122) Josties Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
F. Jerry Josties (b. 1937) worked at the U.S. Naval Observatory for more than four decades. He managed USNO's photographic double star program and contributed to VLBI work on the determination of polar motion, earth rotation and nutation.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Josties is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Josties is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14122 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QA55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.74 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.223 |
| Inclination | 5.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.741 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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