(18132) Spector Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 July 2000 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
New York-born record producer and songwriter Phil Spector (b. 1940) who at 18 recorded his first hit song and by 1964 had produced 20 hits like the superb Be My Baby, performed by the Ronettes. He broke new ground with his wall-of-sound techniques.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Spector is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Spector is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18132 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ON9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.14 km (#10,363 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 2.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.861 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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