(18812) Aliadler Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Alexandra Raisa Adler (b. 1985) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her gerontology project. She attends the Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Aliadler is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aliadler is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number18812
Provisional designation1999 KT13
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.49 km (#11,644 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.167
Rotation period8.23 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.91
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 2.66 au
Eccentricity0.125
Inclination6.22°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.07 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Alexandra

Also discovered on 18 May 1999

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