(14699) Klarasmi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Klara Evgenyevna Smirnova (1936-2003) was a renowned Ukrainian philologist. Head of the English department at Kiev Shevchenko University, she was also an amateur astronomer and obtained several images of comet 1P/Halley during 1985-1986 using the Kiev 0.20-m refractor. The name was suggested by K. I. Churyumov.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klarasmi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klarasmi is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14699 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AV239 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.2 km (#2,843 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Rotation period | 22.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.253 |
| Inclination | 6.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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