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Nirajnathan Discovery and designationDiscovered by Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team Discovery site Socorro Discovery date September 2, 2000 DesignationsMPC designation 19007 Alternate name(s) 2000 RD68 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 2.6300857 Peri 1.9029449 Eccentricity 0.1604094 Orbital period 1246.3396131 Mean anomaly 107.28705 Inclination 5.08840 Longitude of ascending node 359.18088 Argument of peri 302.29196 Absolute magnitude (H) 15.1 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
- ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser, 19007 Nirajnathan
Categories:- Main Belt asteroids
- Astronomical objects discovered in 2000
- Main Belt asteroid stubs
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