(14764) Kilauea Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
This Hungaria object is named after the active volcano Kilauea on Hawaii. The summit is 1247 m and dropped several meters in June 2011. Name suggested by J. Schubart.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kilauea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kilauea is 1.81 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14764 |
| Provisional designation | 7072 P-L |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 19.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 2.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0779 |
| Inclination | 21.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.850 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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