(14116) Ogea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amanda H. Ogea mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Episcopal Day School, Lake Charles, Louisiana.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ogea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ogea is 2.22 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14116 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QC40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.07 km (#15,049 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.192 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 1.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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