(118401) LINEAR Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
LINEAR is the acronym for Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where LINEAR is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: LINEAR is 3.53 au from the Sun and 4.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 118401 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RE70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,971 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 0.231° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lincoln
All asteroids named after someone called Lincoln
Also discovered on 7 September 1999
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