(14550) Lehky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 October 1997 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Martin Lehký (b. 1972) is a Czech amateur astronomer and visual and CCD observer of comets, variable stars and minor planets. He is also interested in observations of occultations of stars by solar-system bodies, eclipses, meteors and astrophotography.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lehky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lehky is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14550 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UU7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.39 km (#14,252 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.352 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 6.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.966 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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