(14693) Selwyn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Marilyn Selwyn for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Selwyn is a teacher at the Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Selwyn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Selwyn is 2.35 au from the Sun and 1.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14693 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AH144 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.31 km (#12,020 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.151 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 1.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.880 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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