(9018) Galache Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 May 1987 by Gilmore, A. C., Kilmartin, P. M. at Lake Tekapo.
José Luis Galache (b. 1975) has worked at the Minor Planet Center (MPC) since 2009 and handles, amongst other things, the MPC's social media presence. For his doctoral work, he studied X-ray binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Galache is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Galache is 2.20 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9018 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 JG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0826 |
| Inclination | 5.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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