(19658) Sloop Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katie Michelle Sloop (b. 1990) 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 St. Mary's School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sloop is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sloop is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19658 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RM125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0707 |
| Inclination | 2.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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