(14015) Senancour Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1994 by Elst, E. W., Pollas, C. at Caussols.
Etienne Pivert de Senancour (1770-1846), a French essayist and philosopher, is considered one of the precursors of the Romantic Movement. His epistolary novel Obermann (1804) was greatly inspired by the philosophical ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Senancour is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Senancour is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14015 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 BD4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.57 km (#5,370 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0999 |
| Inclination | 5.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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