(14278) Perrenot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Valerie T. Perrenot for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Perrenot is a teacher at the Barbara Bush Middle School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Perrenot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Perrenot is 2.74 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14278 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CV29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 2.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.937 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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