(19303) Chinacyo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 October 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Chinacyo town is on Okinoerabujima island, one of the Amami Islands, in Kagoshima Prefecture in the southern Japan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chinacyo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chinacyo is 1.97 au from the Sun and 1.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19303 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 TP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.86 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 3.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.919 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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