(19175) Peterpiot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 August 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Peter Piot (b. 1949), a Belgian physician, co-discovered the ebola virus in Zaire in 1976. In addition to providing the foundations of our understanding of HIV infection, he is the author of 16 books and 500 scientific articles. He has been the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine since 2010.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-10-08), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peterpiot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterpiot is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19175 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 PP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.69 km (#13,474 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.296 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0317 |
| Inclination | 3.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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