(14799) Mitchschulte Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 June 1979 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring.
Mitchell D. Schulte (b. 1965) is an American Program Scientist in the Planetary Science Division, NASA HQ, Washington, DC. He has experience in the petrography and aqueous alteration history of chondritic meteorites, and he has overseen the science content of the Mars 2020 Rover, the U.S. contribution to ESA’s ExoMars rover, and the Mars Exploration Rovers.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #8, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mitchschulte is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mitchschulte is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14799 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 MS2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.26 km (#12,136 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 2.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.998 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Mitchell
All asteroids named after someone called Mitchell
Also discovered on 25 June 1979
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- (2392) Jonathan Murray
- (2441) Hibbs
- (2618) Coonabarabran
- (2619) Skalnate Pleso
- (2628) Kopal
- (2682) Soromundi
- (2704) Julian Loewe
- (3129) Bonestell
- (3205) Boksenberg
- (3756) Ruscannon
- (3817) Lencarter