(19355) Merpalehmann Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Meredith Paloma Lehmann (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the La Jolla High School, La Jolla, California.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Merpalehmann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Merpalehmann is 2.95 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19355 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FU2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.58 km (#6,089 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.138 |
| Rotation period | 2.95 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.33 |
| Orbital period | 5.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0938 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Meredith
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