(19311) Susantresch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 November 1996 by D. di Cicco at Sudbury.
Susan Tresch Fienberg (b. 1956) is an American administrator who retired from a career in strategic planning and program development for non-profit organizations. She took courses in physics and astronomy at Rice University, then studied the heavens from another perspective at Harvard Divinity School.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #4, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Susantresch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Susantresch is 1.88 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19311 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VF3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.52 km (#5,398 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Rotation period | 13.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.221 |
| Inclination | 8.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.884 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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