19007 Nirajnathan

Nirajnathan

Discovery
Discovered by	Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team
Discovery site	Socorro
Discovery date	2 September 2000
Designations
MPC designation	19007
Alternative names	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)
Semi-major axis	2.266492 AU (339.0624 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1608322
Orbital period	3.41 yr (1246.3 d)
Mean anomaly	196.35977°
Mean motion	0° 17^m 19.861^s / day
Inclination	5.085707°
Longitude of ascending node	359.12070°
Argument of perihelion	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
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.9

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. "19007 Nirajnathan (2000 RD68)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

External links

• 19007 Nirajnathan at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters