(19762) Lacrowder Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lee Ann Crowder mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Heights Homeschool Organization, Albuquerque, New Mexico.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lacrowder is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lacrowder is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19762
Provisional designation2000 JQ57
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.41
Orbital period3.55 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.124
Inclination5.90°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.05 au

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

Also named after someone called Lee

Also discovered on 6 May 2000

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