(19563) Brzezinska Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Bogna Natalia Brzezinska (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Hastings Middle School, Upper Arlington, Ohio.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Brzezinska is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brzezinska is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19563
Provisional designation1999 JB124
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.90 km (#15,452 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.210
Absolute magnitude (H)15.09
Orbital period3.41 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.96 – 2.57 au
Eccentricity0.134
Inclination5.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.952 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 14 May 1999

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