(19331) Stefanovitale Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 December 1996 by Tombelli, M., Casacci, C. at Cima Ekar.
Stefano Vitale (b. 1951) is a full professor of Physics at University of Trento. He is the PI of the LISA Technology Package payload on board the LISA Pathfinder mission of the ESA, launched in 2015 as a precursor to a space-borne gravitational wave observatory.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stefanovitale is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stefanovitale is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19331 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 XL33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.68 km (#15,893 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 9.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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