(19789) Susanjohnson Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Susan Johnson mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Moore Middle School, Redlands, California.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Susanjohnson is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Susanjohnson is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19789
Provisional designation2000 QP149
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.13 km (#14,883 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.376
Absolute magnitude (H)14.6
Orbital period3.39 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.91 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.157
Inclination5.49°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.904 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Susan

Also discovered on 24 August 2000

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