(14613) Sanchez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 October 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Christian Sanchez is editor-in-chief of the French astronomy magazine Pulsar. A very nice and gentle person, he has worked with very little help to produce over 100 issues of a magazine that always contains much useful information for the amateur astronomer.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sanchez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sanchez is 3.21 au from the Sun and 4.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14613 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.57 km (#9,622 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.273 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 1.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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