(19656) Simpkins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Taylor Simpkins (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Pegasus School, Huntington Beach, California.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Simpkins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Simpkins is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19656 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RA122 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0911 |
| Inclination | 5.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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