(14684) Reyes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Cynthia L. Reyes for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Reyes is a teacher at the Seven Springs Middle School, New Port Richey, Florida.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Reyes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Reyes is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14684 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XQ167 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.216 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.837 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Cynthia
All asteroids named after someone called Cynthia
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