(18565) Selg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Timothy Selg mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the White Plains High School, White Plains, New York.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Selg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Selg is 3.42 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18565 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GP35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.63 km (#6,041 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 5.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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