(19872) Chendonghua Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Donghua Chen (b. 1948) of Gulangyu, Xiamen, is a retired surgeon and active amateur astronomer well known throughout China. He helped organize the fourth International Workshop on Cometary Astronomy in Shanghai in July 2009. The name was suggested by D. W. E. Green.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chendonghua is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chendonghua is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19872 |
| Provisional designation | 6097 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.53 km (#16,200 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.229 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 1.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.854 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (1812) Gilgamesh
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