(19243) Bunting Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1994 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Born in Scotland, John Bunting has had experience in geologic field mapping and mineral exploration for more than 30 years, much of it in the remote areas of Western Australia He noted anomalous geologic effects in several places, including the shatter cones at the Shoemaker structure and at Yarrabubba with Francis MacDonald.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bunting is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bunting is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19243 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 CD9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.57 km (#8,163 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.195 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.33 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.243 |
| Inclination | 23.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.860 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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