(18626) Michaelcarr Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Michael Carr (b. 1947) is an instrument maker who worked at Caltech and then Princeton University. He aided in the Apollo lunar rocks analysis effort and contributed to several pioneering CCD astronomy instruments, such as HST's WFPC, Palomar's 4-shooter, Keck's LRIS and the SDSS survey camera.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelcarr is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelcarr is 1.82 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18626 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 DO23 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.62 |
| Orbital period | 2.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0859 |
| Inclination | 19.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.791 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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