(19598) Luttrell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jeffrey Michael Luttrell (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his behavioral science project. He attends the Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School, Chandler, Arizona.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Luttrell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Luttrell is 2.15 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19598 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NL39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.47 km (#16,311 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.418 |
| Rotation period | 132 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 4.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.971 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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