(18117) Jonhodge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Jonathon Hodge (b. 1948) has taught at California's Santa Monica College for more than 30 years and has made an enormous contribution to the dissemination of astronomy and science to college students, schoolchildren and the general public.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jonhodge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jonhodge is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18117 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NY23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.15 km (#14,822 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.407 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0888 |
| Inclination | 1.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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