(18737) Aliciaworley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alicia Lorraine Worley (b. 1985) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science project. She attends the Keyser High School, Keyser, West Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aliciaworley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aliciaworley is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18737 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QP79 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.78 km (#11,054 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.181 |
| Rotation period | 3.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0998 |
| Inclination | 8.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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