(14016) Steller Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1994 by Elst, E. W., Pollas, C. at Caussols.
Appointed naturalist on Vitus Bering's second Kamchatka expedition, German botanist Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746) collected some 1100 unknown plants in the vicinity of Irkutsk. He joined Bering in Okhotsk on Kamchatka's western coast and followed him on the expedition that led to the discovery of southeastern Alaska.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Steller is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Steller is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14016 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 BJ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.50 km (#7,108 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.181 |
| Rotation period | 3.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.54 |
| Orbital period | 5.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0412 |
| Inclination | 8.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.96 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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