(14959) TRIUMF Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 May 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
The Tri-University Meson Facility (TRIUMF) is a major high-energy physics laboratory in Vancouver, British Columbia. Opened in 1974, the laboratory involves eleven Canadian universities and offers researchers and cancer therapists a variety of beams, including protons and mesons, from its cyclotron.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where TRIUMF is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: TRIUMF is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14959 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 JT3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.02 km (#7,618 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 4.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.882 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.