(19664) Yancey Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Bryan D. Yancey (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Lawton Chiles Middle Academy, Lakeland, Florida.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yancey is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yancey is 3.06 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19664
Provisional designation1999 RV135
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.11
Orbital period5.33 years
Semi-major axis3.05 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.51 – 3.60 au
Eccentricity0.178
Inclination9.45°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.52 au

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

Also named after someone called Bryan

Also discovered on 9 September 1999

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