(19768) Ellendoane Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ellen Doane mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Mountain Ridge Junior High School, Highland, Utah.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ellendoane is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ellendoane is 2.07 au from the Sun and 1.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19768 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OX14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.27 km (#14,558 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 5.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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