(14500) Kibo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 November 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Kibo, a word meaning “hope” or “wish”, became a Japanese nickname for the Experiment Module of the International Space Station. The name was selected among other candidates proposed by children who attended the Fureai Space Festival 2003 in Tokyo.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Kibo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kibo is 2.31 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14500 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 WO7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0999 |
| Inclination | 3.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.