(19564) Ajburnetti Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Anthony James Burnetti (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health and microbiology project. He attends the Takoma Park Middle School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ajburnetti is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ajburnetti is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19564
Provisional designation1999 JP126
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.84 km (#15,585 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.166
Absolute magnitude (H)15.43
Orbital period3.53 years
Semi-major axis2.32 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.64 au
Eccentricity0.139
Inclination7.33°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.991 au

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

Also named after someone called Anthony

Also discovered on 13 May 1999

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