(199999) Nickgrossman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 May 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Nathaniel “Nick” Grossman (b. 1937) is an American mathematician and Professor Emeritus at UCLA. Formerly at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, he was awarded both a Humboldt Research and NRC Fellowship. Nathaniel has published research on differential geometry, mathematical geodesy, asymptotics and special functions, and celestial mechanics.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #15, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nickgrossman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nickgrossman is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 199999 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 JZ39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 5.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.