(14683) Remy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Jennifer M. Remy for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Remy is a teacher at the Springville Middle School, Springville, Utah.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Remy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Remy is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14683 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XG156 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.13 km (#14,894 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.286 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 5.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.905 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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