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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Discovery date | September 28, 2000 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 19833 |
| Alternate name(s) | 2000 SA230 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9632697 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0256386 |
| Orbital period | 1793.7571869 |
| Mean anomaly | 65.92054 |
| Inclination | 2.46485 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 145.75143 |
| Argument of peri | 16.99368 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
19833 Wickwar (2000 SA230) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. This asteriod is named after Steve Wickwar,a teacher at Barbara Bush Middle School, who mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC)[1].