(18661) Zoccoli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christina Marie Mariolana Zoccoli (b. 1987) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zoccoli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zoccoli is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18661 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FT34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.11 km (#16,909 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.397 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0953 |
| Inclination | 6.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Christina
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