(14719) Sobey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Glen Sobey for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Sobey is a teacher at the Keystone Junior High School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sobey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sobey is 2.09 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14719 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CB85 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.16 km (#14,817 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.281 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 3.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Glen
All asteroids named after someone called Glen
Also discovered on 4 February 2000
- (16209) Sterner
- (16211) Samirsur
- (16212) Theberge
- (16214) Venkatachalam
- (23155) Judithblack
- (25778) Csere
- (25783) Brandontyler
- (25793) Chrisanchez
- (25798) Reneeschaaf
- (25799) Anmaschlegel
- (25800) Glukhovsky
- (25801) Oliviaschwob
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- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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