(18709) Laurawong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Laura Anne Wong (b. 1986) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science project. She attends the Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laurawong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laurawong is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18709 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HE99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.94 km (#6,641 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0273 |
| Inclination | 8.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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