(18192) Craigwallace Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Craig J. Wallace (b. 1984) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics project. He attends the Spanish Fork High School, Spanish Fork, Utah, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Craigwallace is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Craigwallace is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number18192
Provisional designation2000 QP90
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.57
Orbital period4.63 years
Semi-major axis2.78 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.66 – 2.89 au
Eccentricity0.0422
Inclination3.89°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.65 au

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

Also named after someone called Craig

Also discovered on 25 August 2000

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