(14046) Keikai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 November 1995 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Keikai mountain (height 294 meters) is located in the north of Nanyo-city, Yamagata prefecture. The Nanyo Citizen Observatory is located there.Naming citation (20100527/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Keikai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Keikai is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14046 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 WE5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.57 km (#16,122 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.423 |
| Rotation period | 7.75 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 5.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.