(14114) Randyray Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Randy Ray mentored a finalist in the 2002 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Reyburn Intermediate School, Clovis, California.Naming citation (20021021/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Randyray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Randyray is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14114 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QE35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.61 km (#11,405 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 3.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.966 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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