14098 Šimek is an asteroid from the asteroid belt with an orbital period of 1836.8712409 days (5.03 years).[1]
The asteroid was discovered on August 24, 1997 by A. Galád and A. Pravda at Modra, Slovakia.
It is named after Czech radio astronomer Milos Simek (1933) who worked at the Ondrejov Observatory. He studied the structure of major meteor showers and meteor head echoes using long term observations by radar. The name was suggested by J. Grygar.
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