(14230) Mariahines Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Maria L. Hines for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Hines is a teacher at the Orchard Day Home School, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mariahines is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mariahines is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14230 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XF100 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.09 km (#14,981 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.293 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0893 |
| Inclination | 3.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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