(19017) Susanlederer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Susan M. Lederer (b. 1970), planetary scientist and assistant professor of physics at California State University, San Bernadino, has made important contributions to both photometric and spectral observations of comets, minor planets, centaurs and transneptunian objects.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Susanlederer is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Susanlederer is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19017
Provisional designation2000 RH93
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.05
Orbital period4.93 years
Semi-major axis2.90 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.80 – 2.99 au
Eccentricity0.0314
Inclination1.02°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.82 au

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

Also named after someone called Susan

Also discovered on 4 September 2000

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