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
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°
 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

    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.

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