(19982) Barbaradoore Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 January 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Barbara Hendricks Doore (b. 1933) is a cousin of the discoverer. Always an active sports enthusiast with boundless energy, she excelled at sailing and golf. As a popular leader/volunteer, she has devoted much of her later years to the Boys and Girls Club of Cathedral City, California.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Barbaradoore is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barbaradoore is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19982 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 BJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.67 km (#11,298 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Rotation period | 3.32 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.67 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.286 |
| Inclination | 22.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.806 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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