(19482) Harperlee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 April 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Harper Lee (1926-2016) was an American novelist widely known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel was inspired by the racist attitudes she observed as a child in a town in Alabama.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Harperlee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Harperlee is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19482 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HL102 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.8 km (#3,790 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0300 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 April 1998
- (9130) Galois
- (9246) Niemeyer
- (11711) Urquiza
- (11712) Kemcook
- (11713) Stubbs
- (12095) Pinel
- (12100) Amiens
- (12524) Conscience
- (12526) de Coninck
- (13238) Lambeaux
- (16946) Farnham
- (17836) Canup