(11819) Millarca Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.

Millarca Valenzuela (b. 1977) is a geologist at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, and a specialist in meteorites, undertaking many search expeditions in the Atacama Desert.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Millarca is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Millarca is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11819
Provisional designation1981 ER35
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.68
Orbital period5.21 years
Semi-major axis3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.69 – 3.32 au
Eccentricity0.105
Inclination8.09°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.71 au

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

Also discovered on 2 March 1981

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