(19833) Wickwar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Steve Wickwar mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. He teaches at the Barbara Bush Middle School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wickwar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wickwar is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19833 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SA230 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0308 |
| Inclination | 2.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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