(14727) Suggs Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 2000 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Robert Michael Suggs (b. 1955) began working for NASA in 1994 and is space environments team lead in the Engineering Directorate at Marshall Space Flight Center.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suggs is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suggs is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14727 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DU11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.75 km (#17,248 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.301 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 3.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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