(14880) Moa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 February 1991 by T. Seki at Geisei.
A giant flightless bird of New Zealand thought to have become extinct by A.D. 1400, MOA is also the acronym of the project Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics which involves New Zealand and Japanese universities.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
👶 Moa as a baby name🐶 Moa as a dog name
Where Moa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moa is 2.39 au from the Sun and 1.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14880 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 CJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 13.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0702 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.