(14428) Lazaridis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 November 1991 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Mike Lazaridis (b. 1961) founded a technology company specializing in mobile communications, in Waterloo, Ontario, in 1984. In 2000, he organized the Perimeter Institute, dedicated to pure research in physics and cosmology.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lazaridis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lazaridis is 3.48 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14428 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 VM12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.7 km (#4,742 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.37 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 1.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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