(19081) Mravinskij Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 September 1973 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Evgenij Aleksandrovich Mravinskij (1903-1988) was an outstanding Russian musician and conductor. He was the head of the State Symphonic Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonic Society for more than 50 years and was the first performer of D. D. Shostakovich symphonies and works of many other Soviet composers.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mravinskij is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mravinskij is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19081
Provisional designation1973 SX2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.80 km (#9,224 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.354
Absolute magnitude (H)13.1
Orbital period4.11 years
Semi-major axis2.57 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.27 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.115
Inclination14.7°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.27 au

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

Also discovered on 22 September 1973

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