(18190) Michaelpizer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael J. Pizer (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics project. He also received the Intel Foundation Achievement Award. He attends the University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelpizer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelpizer is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18190 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QY89 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.70 km (#13,466 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 5.52° |
| 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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