(182122) Sepan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2000 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Rebecca L. H. Sepan (b. 1977), a senior mission operations analyst at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, served as a Flight Controller for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sepan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sepan is 2.63 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 182122 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QY234 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 9.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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