(19596) Spegorlarson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Spencer Gordon Larson (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his botany and zoology project. He attends the Springville Middle School, Springville, Utah.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Spegorlarson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Spegorlarson is 2.37 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19596 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NX31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.87 km (#13,066 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0682 |
| Inclination | 1.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Spencer
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