(19230) Sugazi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Sugazi Tanaka (b. 1947) has been director of the Inagawa Observatory since 2002. He makes nightly contributions to his local community by operating the observatory's 0.5-m Cassegrain telescope and its planetarium.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sugazi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sugazi is 2.36 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19230 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TU |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 13.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 4.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.898 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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