(19820) Stowers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Josh Stowers mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Springville Middle School, Springville, Utah.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stowers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stowers is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19820 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ST153 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 8.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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