(19568) Rachelmarie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachel Marie Clements (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for her botany and zoology project. She attends the Clements Homeschool, Albuquerque, New Mexico.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rachelmarie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rachelmarie is 2.02 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19568 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 KY14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.73 km (#13,379 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.421 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 3.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.907 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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