(19678) Belczyk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pamela Belczyk mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Brentwood Middle School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Belczyk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Belczyk is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19678 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RO168 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0109 |
| Inclination | 1.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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