(19354) Fredkoehler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Frederic Koehler (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his computer-science project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fredkoehler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fredkoehler is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19354 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FS2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.28 km (#8,541 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.135 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.205 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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