(18101) Coustenis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Athena Coustenis (b. 1961), of the Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique at Paris Observatory, has studied Saturn VI (Titan) telescopically by analyzing Voyager spacecraft data. She is co-investigator of three Cassini/Huygens mission instruments.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Coustenis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Coustenis is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18101 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LF32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 5.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.838 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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