(18992) Katharvard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Harvard (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science project. She attends the Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katharvard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katharvard is 2.96 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18992 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RK40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.29 km (#7,316 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Rotation period | 3.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0114 |
| Inclination | 8.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.97 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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