(19816) Wayneseyfert Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Wayne Seyfert mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Lawrence Middle School, Lawrence, New York.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Wayneseyfert is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wayneseyfert is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19816
Provisional designation2000 SO128
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.38
Orbital period3.31 years
Semi-major axis2.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.98 – 2.47 au
Eccentricity0.109
Inclination5.12°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.985 au

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

Also named after someone called Wayne

Also discovered on 24 September 2000

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