(18669) Lalitpatel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lalit Ramesh Patel (b. 1985) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He also received the Intel Foundation Achievement Award. He attends the California Academy of Mathematics and Science, Carson, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lalitpatel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lalitpatel is 2.72 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18669 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FP63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.79 km (#7,884 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 7.56 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 2.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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