(7114) Weinek Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 November 1986 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Ladislaus Weinek (1848-1913), the ninth director of the Klementinum observatory in Prague, collaborated with Küstner in the discovery of polar motion. He published a lunar atlas based on photographs from the Lick Observatory. The name was suggested by J. Ticha and M. Šolc.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Weinek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Weinek is 3.13 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7114 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 WN7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.1 km (#3,381 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 5.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.