(19701) Aomori Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Aomori prefecture, Japan, is located in northernmost Tohoku Region, Honshu. The southeastern coast of Aomori was damaged during the March 2011 tsunami.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aomori is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aomori is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19701 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 SH19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.98 km (#12,774 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.280 |
| Rotation period | 20.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0428 |
| Inclination | 21.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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