11714 Mikebrown

11714 Mikebrown
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLONEOS
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date28 April 1998
Designations
(11714) Mikebrown
Named after
Michael E. Brown
(minor planet discoverer)[2]
1998 HQ51 · 1977 RX8
1986 TH5 · 1986 TW10
1986 UR1
main-belt[1] · (central)
background
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc38.94 yr (14,224 days)
Aphelion3.3555 AU
Perihelion1.9897 AU
2.6726 AU
Eccentricity0.2555
4.37 yr (1,596 days)
67.558°
0° 13m 32.16s / day
Inclination3.0156°
178.73°
135.17°
Physical characteristics
4.451±0.945 km[3]
0.246±0.069[3]
14.1[1]

11714 Mikebrown, provisional designation 1998 HQ51, is a stony background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 28 April 1998, by astronomers of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search (LONEOS) at the U.S. Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, and later named after American astronomer Michael Brown.[2][4]

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