(19874) Liudongyan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Dongyan Liu (b. 1987) of Suzhou, Jiangsu, a student majoring in English at Suzhou University, served as interpreter for the International Workshop on Cometary Astronomy and a total solar eclipse expedition in China in July 2009. The name was suggested by D. W. E. Green.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Liudongyan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Liudongyan is 2.11 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19874 |
| Provisional designation | 6775 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 1.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.897 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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