(19442) Brianrice Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brian Todd Rice (b. 1986) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics project. He was also awarded honorable mention in the American Mathematical Society's Karl Menger Memorial Prize. He attends the Southwest Virginia Governor's School, Dublin, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brianrice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brianrice is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19442 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FM106 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.76 km (#7,931 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0875 |
| Inclination | 4.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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