(14962) Masanoriabe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1996 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Masanori Abe (b. 1958) became a member of the Nanyo Astronomical Lovers Club in 1987 and actively popularizes astronomy.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Masanoriabe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Masanoriabe is 3.17 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14962 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 TL15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 25.7 km (#1,638 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Rotation period | 19.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.13 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0221 |
| Inclination | 21.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (17645) Inarimori
- (20152) Regberg
- (29404) Hikarusato
- (85401) Yamatenclub
- (129550) Fukuten