(19595) Lafer-Sousa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Luis Lafer-Sousa (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health and microbiology project. He attends the Keystone Junior High School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lafer-Sousa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lafer-Sousa is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19595 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NW31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.87 km (#15,508 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0507 |
| Inclination | 1.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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