Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | J. Broughton |
Discovery site | Reedy Creek |
Discovery date | July 13, 1999 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 19582 |
Alternate name(s) | 1999 NL4 |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 2.7116756 |
Peri | 2.4716850 |
Eccentricity | 0.0463002 |
Orbital period | 1523.9494369 |
Mean anomaly | 75.79560 |
Inclination | 2.08188 |
Longitude of ascending node | 38.55572 |
Argument of peri | 223.97250 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
19582 Blow (1999 NL4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 13, 1999 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
Graham L. Blow (b. 1954) is a well-known astronomer, writer and award-winning photographer. As director of the occultation section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand he has been a staunch promoter and coordinator of minor-planet occultation observations for the Australasian region since 1978.
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