14 Irene (/aɪˈriːniː/) is a large main-belt asteroid, discovered by the English astronomer John Russell Hind on May 19, 1851.
It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.585 AU with a period of 4.16 yr and an eccentricity of 0.168.
[2] 14 Irene was named after Irēnē, a personification of peace in Greek mythology.
[7] Hind wrote, The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in the Crystal Palace of Hyde Park, London, ran from May 1 until October 18, 1851.
[citation needed] This is a stony S-type asteroid with a mean diameter of around 152 km.