(19614) Montelongo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael John Montelongo (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He attends the Desert View Middle School, El Paso, Texas.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Montelongo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Montelongo is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19614 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 OV1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 5.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.968 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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