(19004) Chirayath Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ved Chirayath (b. 1987) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his earth and space sciences project. He attends the California Academy of Mathematics and Science, Carson, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chirayath is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chirayath is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19004 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RU62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.83 km (#17,197 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.436 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 1.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.822 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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