(23018) Annmoriarty Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ann Moriarty mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Davis Senior High School, Davis, California.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Annmoriarty is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annmoriarty is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number23018
Provisional designation1999 VY190
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.01
Orbital period3.76 years
Semi-major axis2.42 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.94 – 2.90 au
Eccentricity0.197
Inclination3.88°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.930 au

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

Also named after someone called Ann

Also discovered on 15 November 1999

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