(14115) Melaas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kathleen Melaas mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Valley High School, Hoople, North Dakota.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Melaas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Melaas is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14115 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QO36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.986 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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