(19775) Medmondson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Edmondson mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Pegasus School, Huntington Beach, California.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Medmondson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Medmondson is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19775 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PY |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.54 km (#13,866 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0966 |
| Inclination | 3.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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