(14258) Katrinaminck Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Katrina D. Minck for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Minck is a teacher at the Manhattan Beach Middle School, Manhattan Beach, California.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katrinaminck is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katrinaminck is 2.28 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14258 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AM116 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.58 km (#9,608 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0361 |
| Inclination | 4.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Katrina
All asteroids named after someone called Katrina
Also discovered on 5 January 2000
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