(19778) Louisgarcia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Louis Garcia mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Viewpoint School, Calabasas, California.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Louisgarcia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Louisgarcia is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19778 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QE29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.42 km (#14,177 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.218 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0832 |
| Inclination | 3.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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