(19817) Larashelton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lara Shelton mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Barstow School, Kansas City, Missouri.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Larashelton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Larashelton is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19817 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SK145 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.36 km (#11,917 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.147 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 2.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lara
All asteroids named after someone called Lara
Also discovered on 24 September 2000
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- (19025) Arthurpetron
- (19029) Briede
- (19808) Elainemccall
- (19809) Nancyowen
- (19810) Partridge
- (19811) Kimperkins
- (19813) Ericsands
- (19815) Marshasega
- (19816) Wayneseyfert
- (19818) Shotwell
- (19820) Stowers