(14179) Skinner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1998 by I. P. Griffin at Cocoa.
Christopher J. Skinner (1963-1997), teacher of the discoverer, worked at Jodrell Bank, the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the Space Telescope Science Institute. His many seminal papers were on subjects as diverse as the atmospheres of red giant stars and the dust disks of Vega-excess stars.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Skinner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Skinner is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14179 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VM32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.52 km (#6,138 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.214 |
| Inclination | 8.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.786 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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