(19599) Brycemelton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bryce Michael Melton (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health and microbiology project. He attends the Honey Creek Middle School, Terre Haute, Indiana.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brycemelton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brycemelton is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19599 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NX40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,982 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.276 |
| Rotation period | 13.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 6.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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