(11420) Zoeweiss Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Zoe Weiss (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her computational biology and bioinformatics project. She attended the Lakeside High School, Atlanta, Georgia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zoeweiss is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zoeweiss is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11420 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 KR14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.98 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 5.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.848 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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