(18198) Benjaminbyron Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Benjamin Byron (b. 1992) is an American planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute. He utilizes remote sensing observations from the ultraviolet to radar wavelengths to study material properties of regoliths on the Moon and asteroids. Benjamin is a Participating Scientist on NASA’s Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benjaminbyron is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benjaminbyron is 3.14 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18198 |
| Provisional designation | 2056 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.67 km (#5,295 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.96 |
| Orbital period | 5.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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