(19573) Cummings Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 June 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ian Douglas Cummings (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his computer science project. He attends the St. Olafs Catholic School, Bountiful, Utah.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cummings is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cummings is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19573 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 LW13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 6.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.916 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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