(14942) Stevebaker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 June 1995 by AMOS at Haleakala.
Steve Baker (b. 1967), a key member of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) team, provided support in computer security and has helped to make the annual AMOS Technical Conference a success.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stevebaker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stevebaker is 2.89 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14942 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 MA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.4 km (#4,374 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0935 |
| Inclination | 15.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.92 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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