(19582) Blow Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 1999 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
Graham L. Blow (b. 1954) is a well-known astronomer, writer and award-winning photographer. As director of the occultation section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand he has been a staunch promoter and coordinator of minor-planet occultation observations for the Australasian region since 1978.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Blow is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Blow is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19582 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NL4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 11.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0438 |
| Inclination | 2.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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