(14724) SNO Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 2000 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is a sensitive detector built under about 2 km of rock in a mine near Sudbury, Ontario. Completed in 1998, SNO consists of photomultiplier tubes around heavy water. In 2001 the SNO collaboration announced evidence that neutrinos oscillate.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where SNO is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: SNO is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14724 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CA100 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0766 |
| Inclination | 3.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 February 2000
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