(14968) Kubacek Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 1997 by Galad, A., Pravda, A. at Modra.
Dalibor Kubáček (b. 1957) worked at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, where he studied the structure of cometary comae by means of image processing. He willingly taught students and friends (including the discoverers) and helped to explain to them this relatively unknown procedure.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kubacek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kubacek is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14968 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 QG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.81 km (#10,982 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.210 |
| Rotation period | 4.89 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0938 |
| Inclination | 5.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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