(18984) Olathe Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 2000 by L. Robinson at Olathe.
O-Lay'-tha is the old Shawnee word for “Beautiful”. The township of Olathe, Kansas, was established in 1857 and later became a stop along the Santa Fe Trail. It is the site of the Sunflower Observatory.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Olathe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Olathe is 3.20 au from the Sun and 4.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18984 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RA8 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.6 km (#2,559 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.08 |
| Orbital period | 5.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.18 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0241 |
| Inclination | 14.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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