(14149) Yakowitz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Sidney Yakowitz (1937-1999), a professor in the systems and industrial engineering department of the University of Arizona from 1966 to 1999, wrote books on adaptive control, simulation and numerical methods. The name was suggested by former and current Hawthorne House planetary science residents.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yakowitz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yakowitz is 2.40 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14149 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SF61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.78 km (#13,264 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.311 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0741 |
| Inclination | 6.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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