(19787) Betsyglass Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Betsy Glass mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Canterbury School, Ft. Myers, Florida.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Betsyglass is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Betsyglass is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19787 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QV114 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0750 |
| Inclination | 5.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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