(19853) Ichinomiya Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 October 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Ichinomiya is the name of a high school in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The school was selected as a Super Science High School by the Japanese government. Some of its students observe minor planets.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ichinomiya is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ichinomiya is 3.11 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19853
Provisional designation2000 TL60
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter12.0 km (#4,073 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0420
Absolute magnitude (H)13.61
Orbital period5.73 years
Semi-major axis3.20 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.77 – 3.63 au
Eccentricity0.135
Inclination15.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.76 au

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

Also discovered on 2 October 2000

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