(18601) Zafar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Abu-Bakr Zafar (b. 1985) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his zoology project. He attends the Panama City Advanced School, Panama City, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zafar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zafar is 2.76 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18601 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BL11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.01 km (#15,188 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.123 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 3.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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