(14741) Teamequinox Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
e.quinox is a student-led organization established at Imperial College, London, that won the IEEE's 2010 “Change the World” competition. Their winning project uses their engineering knowledge to provide a sustainable rural electrification system in developing countries in a scalable and economically viable manner.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Teamequinox is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Teamequinox is 1.83 au from the Sun and 1.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14741 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EQ49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.55 km (#16,159 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.984 |
| Rotation period | 4.06 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 7.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.839 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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