(14697) Ronsawyer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 2000 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Ron Sawyer (b. 1955) is an amateur astronomer who is active in the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, London Centre, and edited the London Centre's newsletter in the late 1970s. He helped organize the Society's General Assemblies in London, Ontario, in 1979 and 2001.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ronsawyer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ronsawyer is 2.47 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14697 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AO214 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.26 km (#16,676 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 0.512° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.923 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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