(9810) Elanfiller Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elan Eng Filler (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her biochemistry, medicine, health science and microbiology project. She attends the Rolling Hills Country Day School, Rolling Hills Estates, California.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elanfiller is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elanfiller is 2.35 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9810 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RJ65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.05 km (#12,616 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 3.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.883 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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