(19589) Kirkland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tyler Hollis Kirkland (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Emily Gray Junior High School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kirkland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kirkland is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19589 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NZ14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.85 km (#13,095 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.188 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 6.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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