(19034) Santorini Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Santorini is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. The old name of the island is Thera. The 1950 eruption produced a small lava dome. About 1200 B.C. there was also a great eruption and its following tidal wave may have destroyed the Minoan culture of Crete.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Santorini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Santorini is 4.40 au from the Sun and 5.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19034 |
| Provisional designation | 2554 P-L |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 247 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.03 |
| Orbital period | 7.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.97 – 4.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.249 |
| Inclination | 3.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.98 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
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- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites