(19475) Mispagel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Heather Michelle Mispagel (b. 1984) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology project. She attends the Oconee County High School, Watkinsville, Georgia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mispagel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mispagel is 1.94 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19475 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HA91 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.69 km (#13,489 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.271 |
| Rotation period | 3.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 5.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.938 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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