(18830) Pothier Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Guillaume Pothier (b. 1985) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics team project. He was also awarded first place in the American Mathematical Society's Karl Menger Memorial Prize. He attends the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pothier is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pothier is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18830 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NZ35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 27.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 2.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.000 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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