(18202) Nichols-Fleming Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Fiona Nichols-Fleming (b. 1997) is an American planetary geophysicist. She focuses on statistical and analog modeling of geophysical systems, the interaction between surfaces and interior processes, and analysis of spacecraft datasets for small bodies. Fiona is a Participating Scientist on NASA’s Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nichols-Fleming is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nichols-Fleming is 3.64 au from the Sun and 4.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18202 |
| Provisional designation | 2757 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.46 km (#7,133 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.234 |
| Inclination | 1.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Fiona
All asteroids named after someone called Fiona
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites