(42618) Bardabelias Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 1998 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Nicole M. Bardabelias (b. 1992) is a science operations engineer on the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and formerly for Mars Exploration Rovers. At the University of Arizona she leads the uplink HiRISE team, supplies memes, and plans Mars image targets for HiRISE. She is a dancer, musician, and baker.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bardabelias is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bardabelias is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 42618 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FM8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 6.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.796 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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