(18805) Kellyday Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kelly Jean Day (b. 1984) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental science team project. She attends the Mitchell High School, Mitchell, South Dakota, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kellyday is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kellyday is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number18805
Provisional designation1999 JX77
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.03 km (#12,674 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.208
Absolute magnitude (H)14.57
Orbital period3.34 years
Semi-major axis2.23 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.14 – 2.33 au
Eccentricity0.0427
Inclination7.46°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.13 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Kelly

Also discovered on 12 May 1999

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