(17518) Redqueen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 December 1992 by Natori, A., Urata, T. at Yakiimo.
The Red Queen is one of the chess pieces that make up the characters in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. Alice has some very strange experiences and conversations with her.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Redqueen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Redqueen is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17518 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 YD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.99 km (#7,667 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0771 |
| Inclination | 16.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 December 1992
- (7525) Kiyohira
- (8188) Okegaya
- (10119) Remarque
- (10120) Ypres
- (10551) Goteborg
- (11926) Orinoco
- (12339) Carloo
- (12340) Stalle
- (12747) Michageffert
- (16598) Brugmansia
- (17519) Pritsak
- (20041) Gainor