(18175) Jenniferchoy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jennifer Tze-Heng Choy (b. 1985) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health project. She attends the Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, Bayside, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jenniferchoy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jenniferchoy is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18175 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QB15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.62 km (#13,650 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.308 |
| Rotation period | 2.99 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0496 |
| Inclination | 1.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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