(19488) Abramcoley Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Abram Levi Coley (b. 1984) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics project. He attends the Big Sky High School, Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Abramcoley is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abramcoley is 2.26 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19488
Provisional designation1998 HW125
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.90 km (#15,447 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.252
Absolute magnitude (H)15.04
Orbital period3.57 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.96 – 2.71 au
Eccentricity0.161
Inclination7.85°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.978 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Abram

Also discovered on 23 April 1998

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