(14069) Krasheninnikov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 April 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711-1755) was a Russian scientist who studied the Kamchatka Peninsula between 1737 and 1741. His book Opisanie zemli Kamchatki (1751) is the first work on Kamchatka's geography, with a description of the language, daily life and history of the indigenous inhabitants.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Krasheninnikov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krasheninnikov is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14069 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HP18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.26 km (#6,342 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.215 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.18 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Inclination | 22.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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