(19084) Eilestam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1978 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.
Olle Eilestam (b. 1966) is an entertainer and piano player with a large repertoire of different music.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eilestam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eilestam is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19084 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RQ9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.71 km (#13,434 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.425 |
| Rotation period | 43.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0587 |
| Inclination | 6.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 September 1978
- (4310) Stromholm
- (7047) Lundstrom
- (8786) Belskaya
- (9265) Ekman
- (9266) Holger
- (9267) Lokrume
- (10013) Stenholm
- (10265) Gunnarsson
- (10458) Sfranke
- (10997) Gahm
- (11256) Fuglesang
- (12663) Bjorkegren
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- (2114) Wallenquist
- (2191) Uppsala
- (2274) Ehrsson
- (2589) Daniel
- (2694) Pino Torinese
- (2744) Birgitta
- (2902) Westerlund
- (3005) Pervictoralex
- (3250) Martebo
- (3331) Kvistaberg
- (3573) Holmberg
- (3634) Iwan
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