(19860) Anahtar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melis Nuray Anahtar (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her engineering project. She attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anahtar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anahtar is 3.19 au from the Sun and 4.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19860 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UB52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 3.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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