(19676) Ofeliaguilar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ofelia Aguilar mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Desert View Middle School, El Paso, Texas.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ofeliaguilar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ofeliaguilar is 2.28 au from the Sun and 1.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19676 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RY166 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 6.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.918 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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