(19461) Feingold Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samantha Megan Feingold (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health project. She attends the Spanish River Community High School, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Feingold is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Feingold is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19461 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HZ16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.46 km (#14,073 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.338 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0933 |
| Inclination | 5.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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