(18104) Mahalingam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Satish Mahalingam (b. 1985) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science team project. He attends the Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mahalingam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mahalingam is 2.47 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18104 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NP3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.80 km (#15,668 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.518 |
| Rotation period | 6.58 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 5.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.962 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.