(19464) Ciarabarr Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ciara Ann Barr (b. 1987) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health team project. She attends the Fox Lane High School, Bedford, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ciarabarr is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ciarabarr is 2.65 au from the Sun and 1.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19464
Provisional designation1998 HZ29
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.33 km (#9,997 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0620
Absolute magnitude (H)15.3
Orbital period4.32 years
Semi-major axis2.65 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.62 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity0.0113
Inclination3.30°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.63 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 20 April 1998

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