(14802) Robwardell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Lynn Rob Wardell (b. 1982) is an American-born Museum Specialist in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. His expertise in scanning electron microscopy was critical to pioneering research on samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #14, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robwardell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robwardell is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14802 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 DJ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.59 km (#8,137 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 14.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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