(10918) Kodaly Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 January 1998 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
With his friend Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) collected melodies and rhythms from Hungarian folk songs into his own works. His highly expressionistic and demanding Sonata for Solo 'Cello (1915) was one of the first major works for unaccompanied 'cello since Bach's Suites.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kodaly is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kodaly is 3.08 au from the Sun and 4.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10918 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 AS1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.75 km (#6,829 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 2.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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