(19478) Jaimeflores Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jaime Eduardo Flores (b. 1987) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology team project. He attends the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jaimeflores is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jaimeflores is 2.67 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19478 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HY96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.11 km (#14,931 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.126 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 2.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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