18142 Adamsidman

Adamsidman
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team
Discovery site Socorro
Discovery date July 31, 2000
Designations
MPC designation 18142
Alternate name(s) 2000 OG47
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 2.5724211
Peri 1.8863743
Eccentricity 0.1538637
Orbital period 1215.8493255
Mean anomaly 104.63515
Inclination 3.90962
Longitude of ascending node 173.49251
Argument of peri 191.08531
Absolute magnitude (H) 15.1

18142 Adamsidman (2000 OG47) is a main belt asteroid discovered on July 31, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.

Adamsidman was named after Harvard educated inventor Adam Sidman in 2003.[1] He later developed and patented a handheld, multi-axis camera stabilization device utilizing MEMS gyros.[2]

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