(18201) Proudfoot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Benjamin Proudfoot (b. 1997) is an American astronomer and postdoctoral researcher at the Florida Space Institute specializing in the dynamics of small bodies like comets and TNOs. He is a lead developer of the MultiMoon software for modeling binary orbits and uses dynamical techniques to study satellites and stellar occultations by asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Proudfoot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Proudfoot is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18201 |
| Provisional designation | 2733 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 7.15 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 2.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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