(19861) Auster Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Craig Louis Auster (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Carmel High School, Carmel, New York.Naming citation (20040415/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Auster is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Auster is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19861 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 US79 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.66 km (#11,314 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.355 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 7.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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