(14797) Timrose Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1977 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Timothy R. Rose (b. 1955) is an American geologist and Director of the Analytical Laboratories in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. His expertise in microbeam analytical techniques has facilitated pioneering research on meteorites and returned samples, including samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #14, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Timrose is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Timrose is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14797 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 XZ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.03 km (#8,881 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.229 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0911 |
| Inclination | 1.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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