(14589) Stevenbyrnes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Steven J.F. Byrnes (b. 1984) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the The Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury, Massachusetts.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stevenbyrnes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stevenbyrnes is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14589 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RW79 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.99 km (#15,246 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.198 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 5.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.997 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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