(14708) Slaven Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Kathy Slaven for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Slaven is a teacher at the Beech Grove Middle School, Beech Grove, Indiana.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Slaven is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Slaven is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14708 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CU26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.19 km (#16,796 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.486 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.72 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.232 |
| Inclination | 3.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.714 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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