(14310) Shuttleworth Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 August 1966 by Boyden Observatory at Bloemfontein.
South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth (b. 1973) was the first citizen of a country in Africa to venture into space. A civilian cosmonaut on a Soyuz mission in 2002, he spent eight days aboard the International Space Station, where he participated in experiments involving AIDs and genome research.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shuttleworth is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shuttleworth is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14310 |
| Provisional designation | 1966 PP |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.94 km (#7,730 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.120 |
| Rotation period | 51.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 2.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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