(14134) Penkala Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brad Penkala mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Goleta Valley Junior High School, Goleta, California.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Penkala is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Penkala is 2.65 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14134 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RP42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.30 km (#14,484 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.339 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 4.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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