(14583) Lester Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Virginia Lester mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Austin Academy for Excellence, Garland, Texas.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Lester is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lester is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14583 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RN61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 1.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Virginia
All asteroids named after someone called Virginia
Also discovered on 14 September 1998
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