(18013) Shedletsky Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky (b. 1986) was awarded first place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health project. She attends the Brewster High School, Brewster, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shedletsky is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shedletsky is 3.06 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number18013
Provisional designation1999 JS114
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.09
Orbital period4.62 years
Semi-major axis2.78 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.44 – 3.11 au
Eccentricity0.120
Inclination4.09°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.44 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Katrina

Also discovered on 13 May 1999

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