(14679) Susanreed Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Susan K. Reed for mentoring a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Reed is a teacher at the Bernalillo Middle School, Bernalillo, New Mexico.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Susanreed is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Susanreed is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14679 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XN42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.04 km (#12,634 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 1.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.950 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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