(18918) Nishashah Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nisha Vikram Shah (b. 1986) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her zoology project. She attends the Lecanto High School, Lecanto, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nishashah is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nishashah is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18918 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OB50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.94 km (#12,875 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.109 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 6.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.843 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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