(18160) Nihon Uchu Forum Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 August 2000 by BATTeRS at Bisei SG Center.
Nihon Uchu Forum, or Japan Space Forum, is a Japanese foundation that aims to promote technology for developing space. JSF constructed the Bisei Spaceguard Center, where minor planets and space debris are observed optically, and it will construct the Kamisaibara Spaceguard Center for observing space debris by radar.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nihon Uchu Forum is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nihon Uchu Forum is 2.89 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18160 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PY12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 10.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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