(19517) Robertocarlos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Roberto Carlos Braga (b. 1941) is one of the most popular Brazilian pop singers, focusing his entire career on romantic songs. The album A Janela (1972) contains the famous song A Montanha-Obrigado Senhor. In 1989 he was honored with a Grammy Award.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robertocarlos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robertocarlos is 2.30 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19517 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SK164 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.2 km (#4,480 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 7.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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