(19518) Moulding Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Erin Louise Moulding (b. 1987) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her zoology project. She attends the Fremont High School, Plain City, Utah, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Moulding is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moulding is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19518 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VZ13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.56 km (#13,814 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.320 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 5.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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