(19575) Feeny Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 June 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dana Anne Feeny (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Woodside Elementary School, Woodside, California.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Feeny is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Feeny is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19575 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 LB22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.09 km (#16,934 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.232 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 4.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.997 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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