(19066) Ellarie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Ella Marie (Ellarie) Chase Rosales (b. 1966) of Jalisco, Mexico, is a close family friend of Daniel W. E. Green, who made the identifications for this minor planet and who has helped for years in homeschooling Ellarie's five oldest children. She has a background in social work and is an expert on autism.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ellarie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ellarie is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19066 |
| Provisional designation | 4068 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.71 km (#15,828 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0633 |
| Inclination | 3.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Ella
All asteroids named after someone called Ella
Also discovered on 29 September 1973
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- (4357) Korinthos
- (4549) Burkhardt
- (4721) Atahualpa
- (4752) Myron
- (4876) Strabo
- (4978) Seitz
- (5151) Weerstra
- (5197) Rottmann
- (5243) Clasien
- (5244) Amphilochos
- (5266) Rauch