(19918) Stavby Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 August 1977 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at Mount Stromlo.
Stavby is a small village outside Uppsala. Stavby's church was started in the mid-13th century and there are still extant frescoes from the 1490s on its walls and vault.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #5, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stavby is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stavby is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19918 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 PB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.55 km (#7,061 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.200 |
| Rotation period | 7.69 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.