(17848) Mordechai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Molly Mordechai mentored a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the North Shore High School, Glen Head, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Mordechai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mordechai is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17848 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HR133 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.09 km (#5,687 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Rotation period | 6.94 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 5.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 6.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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