(18939) Sariancel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sari Ancel (b. 1988) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Nicolet High School, Glendale, Wisconsin, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sariancel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sariancel is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18939 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QZ48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.8 km (#4,654 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Rotation period | 7.57 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0945 |
| Inclination | 0.168° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Sari
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Also discovered on 24 August 2000
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- (18175) Jenniferchoy
- (18176) Julianhong
- (18177) Harunaga
- (18184) Dianepark
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- (18938) Zarabeth
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