(19019) Sunflower Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 2000 by L. Robinson at Olathe.
The sunflower, the state flower of Kansas, always faces the sun. Its seeds provide food and oil for humans and wild and domestic animals.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sunflower is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sunflower is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19019 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.03 km (#15,128 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.304 |
| Rotation period | 3.32 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 4.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.