(14809) Zoewilbur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Zoe E. Wilbur (b. 1996) is an American planetary scientist and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Her research focuses on volatiles as tracers of secondary processes on planetary bodies, and has included studies of highly-reduced enstatite meteorites, which offer the best geochemical analog for the planet Mercury.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #14, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zoewilbur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zoewilbur is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14809 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 ES28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 5.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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