(19572) Leahmarie Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 June 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Leah Marie Crowder (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Heights Homeschool Organization, Albuquerque, New Mexico.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Leahmarie is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leahmarie is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19572
Provisional designation1999 LE11
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.46
Orbital period3.52 years
Semi-major axis2.32 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.02 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.127
Inclination7.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

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

Also named after someone called Leah

Also discovered on 8 June 1999

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