(14567) Nicovincenti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 June 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nicole Vincenti mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Fairmont Elementary, Sanger, California.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nicovincenti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nicovincenti is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14567 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MQ8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.44 km (#14,119 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.259 |
| Rotation period | 7.50 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 6.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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