(19534) Miyagi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Miyagi is a Japanese prefecture in the Tohoku region of Honshu. Its coastal area was heavily damaged during the March 2011 tsunami.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miyagi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miyagi is 2.16 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19534 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GL47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.10 km (#14,975 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.217 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 6.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.969 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 April 1999
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- (11211) Saxena
- (16043) Yichenzhang
- (16044) Kurtbachmann
- (17056) Boschetti
- (17073) Alexblank
- (17930) Kennethott
- (17932) Viswanathan
- (21607) Robel
- (31628) Vorperian
- (31630) Jennywang
- (31639) Bodoni