(19437) Jennyblank Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jennifer Renee Blank (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental science team project. She attends the Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jennyblank is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jennyblank is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19437
Provisional designation1998 FQ79
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.44 km (#11,763 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.225
Absolute magnitude (H)14.46
Orbital period4.64 years
Semi-major axis2.78 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.41 – 3.15 au
Eccentricity0.133
Inclination5.20°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.41 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Jennifer

Also discovered on 24 March 1998

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