(19754) Paclements Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Pauline Clements mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Clements Homeschool, Albuquerque, New Mexico.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Paclements is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paclements is 2.35 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19754
Provisional designation2000 CG95
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.56 km (#16,154 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.232
Rotation period3.46 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.94
Orbital period3.36 years
Semi-major axis2.24 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.86 – 2.63 au
Eccentricity0.172
Inclination6.43°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.841 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Pauline

Also discovered on 8 February 2000

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