(19550) Samabates Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samantha Lee Bates (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health and microbiology project. She attends the Notre Dame Elementary School, Belmont, California.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samabates is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samabates is 2.04 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19550 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JP61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.71 km (#15,841 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.318 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 3.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.867 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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