(18930) Athreya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Khannan Kameshvaran Athreya (b. 1987) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his zoology team project. He attends the Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Athreya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Athreya is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18930 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QW27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.90 km (#12,984 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.291 |
| Rotation period | 13.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00654 |
| Inclination | 2.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 August 2000
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