(19506) Angellopez Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 June 1998 by Lopez, A., Pacheco, R. at Costitx.

Angel Lopez Jimenez (b. 1955) is an observer at Mallorca Observatory and has built an automated observatory in Consell.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Angellopez is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Angellopez is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19506
Provisional designation1998 MN4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period3.88 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.1
Orbital period4.80 years
Semi-major axis2.85 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.40 – 3.29 au
Eccentricity0.157
Inclination20.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.45 au

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

Also named after someone called Angel

Also discovered on 18 June 1998

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