(23019) Thomgregory Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Thomas Gregory mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the J. M. Atherton High School, Louisville, Kentucky.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thomgregory is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thomgregory is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23019 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VQ201 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0504 |
| Inclination | 5.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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