(19652) Saris Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Patrick J. G. Saris (b. 1989) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his engineering project. He attends the Viewpoint School, Calabasas, California.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saris is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saris is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19652 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RC117 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.69 km (#11,250 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0623 |
| Inclination | 4.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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