(14262) Kratzer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sherri Kratzer mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Great Valley Middle School, Malvern, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kratzer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kratzer is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14262 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AC125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 5.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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