(51419) Deshapriya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 March 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Prasanna Deshapriya (b. 1989) is a postdoctoral researcher at LESIA-Paris Observatory (France) whose studies include imaging analysis, spectrophotometry and visible-infrared spectroscopy of small bodies by the Rosetta and OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Deshapriya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deshapriya is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 51419 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 EJ20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.95 km (#15,347 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0270 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 2.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.934 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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