(18670) Shantanugaur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shantanu Kadir Gaur (b. 1986) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He attends the Bethel Park High School, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shantanugaur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shantanugaur is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18670 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FM64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.26 km (#7,352 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 1.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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