(14075) Kenwill Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 July 1996 by G. R. Viscome at Rand.

Kenneth A. Williams, of Lake Clear, New York, is an accomplished astrometrist, astrophotographer, and discoverer of numerous minor planets.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kenwill is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kenwill is 3.61 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number14075
Provisional designation1996 OJ
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter10.3 km (#4,945 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0670
Rotation period30.3 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.83
Orbital period5.52 years
Semi-major axis3.12 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.61 – 3.63 au
Eccentricity0.163
Inclination2.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.60 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Kenneth

Also discovered on 18 July 1996

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