(19818) Shotwell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gary Shotwell mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Lawton Chiles Middle Academy, Lakeland, Florida.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shotwell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shotwell is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19818 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SB150 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.76 km (#13,315 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.261 |
| Rotation period | 2,368 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 8.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.959 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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