(19444) Addicott Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charles Michael Addicott (b. 1987) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics project. He attends the Wellington High School, Wellington, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Addicott is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Addicott is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19444 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FT109 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.00 km (#12,745 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.231 |
| Rotation period | 35.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 5.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.944 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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