(18954) Sarahbounds Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sarah Brittany Bounds (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her botany project. She attends the Mercy Cross High School, Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sarahbounds is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sarahbounds is 1.94 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18954 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QT119 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.76 km (#15,737 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.442 |
| Rotation period | 4.30 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 5.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.890 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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