(14818) Mindeli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Elisbar Mindeli (1910-1980), a noted expert in coal mining, was the director of the Institute of Mountain Mechanics (1973-1980) and a corresponding member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1979-1980).Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mindeli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mindeli is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14818 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UF7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.6 km (#3,238 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 5.28 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.02 |
| Orbital period | 4.96 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 8.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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