(14696) Lindawilliams Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Linda H. Williams for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Williams is a teacher at the Beech Grove Middle School, Beech Grove, Indiana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lindawilliams is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lindawilliams is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14696 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AW203 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.07 km (#8,823 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.100 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0811 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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