(19811) Kimperkins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kimberly Perkins mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School, Chandler, Arizona.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimperkins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimperkins is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19811 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SY114 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.05 km (#15,089 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 2.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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