(14654) Rajivgupta Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 1998 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Rajiv Gupta (b. 1958) is a mathematician who has been a faculty member at the University of British Columbia since 1984. He has edited the Observer's Handbook of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada since 2001 and began a term as president of the Society in 2002.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rajivgupta is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rajivgupta is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14654 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YV16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.6 km (#4,786 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Rotation period | 5.19 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 1.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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