(18814) Ivanovsky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 May 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Oleg Genrikhovich Ivanovsky (b. 1922) is director of the Museum of the Lavochkin Space Association. He served as Deputy Chief Designer for the Soviet Luna and Lunokhod missions and as a designer for the Vostok spacecraft.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ivanovsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ivanovsky is 2.04 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18814 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 KJ17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.76 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 4.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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