(14157) Pamelasobey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pamela Sobey mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Keystone Junior High School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pamelasobey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pamelasobey is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14157 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SA133 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.09 km (#12,523 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.221 |
| Rotation period | 1,103 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 8.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.940 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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