(14395) Tommorgan Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
U.S. planetary scientist Thomas H. Morgan (b. 1945) is also Near-Earth Objects and Minor Planets Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters. In the latter capacity he has been very supportive of the efforts to discover and track near-Earth objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tommorgan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tommorgan is 1.82 au from the Sun and 1.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14395 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TN3 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 35.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.53 |
| Orbital period | 2.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0938 |
| Inclination | 20.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.781 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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