(19182) Pitz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 October 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Eckhart Pitz (b. 1940) is a German physicist at the Heidelberg Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie. He is a leading expert in astronomical instrumentation, from the extreme ultraviolet to the far infrared. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pitz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pitz is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19182 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 TX2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.75 km (#15,759 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.213 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0892 |
| Inclination | 2.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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