(19551) Peterborden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Peter Young Borden (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Canterbury School, Ft. Myers, Florida.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peterborden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterborden is 2.22 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19551 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JL62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,894 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.326 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 7.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.821 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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