(14111) Kimamos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kim Amos mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Mt. De Chantal Visitation Academy, Wheeling, West Virginia.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimamos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimamos is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14111 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QA24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.42 km (#16,421 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.251 |
| Rotation period | 6.62 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 5.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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