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Discovery and designation
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| Discovery date | 7 April 2000 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 15614 |
| Named after | Colin Pillinger |
| Alternate name(s) | 2000 GA143 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1439195 |
| Peri | 2.8372397 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0512743 |
| Orbital period | 1888.9979669 |
| Mean anomaly | 130.84511 |
| Inclination | 10.24616 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 148.56174 |
| Argument of peri | 142.69443 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
15614 Pillinger (2000 GA143) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 7 April 2000 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
It is named after British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger.