(18184) Dianepark Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Diane Hyemin Park (b. 1985) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology project. She attends the Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dianepark is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dianepark is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number18184
Provisional designation2000 QR37
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.41 km (#14,191 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.240
Absolute magnitude (H)14.82
Orbital period4.14 years
Semi-major axis2.58 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.40 – 2.75 au
Eccentricity0.0686
Inclination2.11°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.40 au

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

Also named after someone called Diane

Also discovered on 24 August 2000

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