(18774) Lavanture Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Douglas George Lavanture (b. 1986) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering project. He attends the John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lavanture is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lavanture is 2.61 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18774 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JT38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.66 km (#6,927 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 2.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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