19007 Nirajnathan
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | 2 September 2000 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 19007 |
| 2000 RD68 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 9310 days (25.49 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.6310171 AU (393.59456 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9019672 AU (284.53024 Gm) |
| 2.266492 AU (339.0624 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1608322 |
| 3.41 yr (1246.3 d) | |
| 196.35977° | |
| 0° 17m 19.861s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.085707° |
| 359.12070° | |
| 302.16733° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.890791 AU (133.2604 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.58812 AU (387.177 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.593 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.9 | |
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19007 Nirajnathan (2000 RD68) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 2, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.
It was named for Niraj Rama Nathan (b. 1987), who was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering project, and graduated from Lecanto High School in 2004.[1] A graduate of Harvard University, Niraj is currently pursuing a career in research and academic medicine at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the first student in the history of Harvard University to receive a citation for the Tamil Language.
References
- 1 2 "19007 Nirajnathan (2000 RD68)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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