(18022) Pepper Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brian Jeffrey Pepper (b. 1986) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Middletown High School, Middletown, Maryland, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Pepper is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pepper is 3.07 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18022 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JN127 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.19 km (#6,399 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0300 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 2.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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