(18497) Nevezice Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 June 1996 by Tichy, M., Moravec, Z. at Klet.
Nevězice is the site of an ancient Celtic town in central Bohemia above the Vltava river. It was settled in the second century B.C. on a site from the Bronze Age.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nevezice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nevezice is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18497 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 LK1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.28 km (#14,526 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.79 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 8.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.953 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.