(19763) Klimesh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 June 2000 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Matthew Klimesh (b. 1968) developed the efficient data compressor for archiving the voluminous NEAT data. He has been with the Communications Systems and Research Section at Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1996. His research interests include data compression, rate-distortion theory and channel coding.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klimesh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klimesh is 1.98 au from the Sun and 1.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19763 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 MC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.27 km (#7,343 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.175 |
| Rotation period | 101 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 23.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.978 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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