(18790) Ericaburden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Erica Mariel Burden (b. 1985) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental science project. She attends the Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ericaburden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ericaburden is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18790 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JG57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.56 km (#13,811 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.292 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0707 |
| Inclination | 4.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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