(14519) Ural Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
The Ural river with its source in the Ural mountains flows from north to south through the Ural region and Kazakhstan, flowing into the Caspian Sea. With a length of nearly 2500 km, it forms with the Ural mountains the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ural is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ural is 3.61 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14519 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 TT38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#4,977 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.53 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 2.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 October 1996
- (11623) Kagekatu
- (15372) Agrigento
- (20149) Huh
- (20160) Annalosiak
- (21276) Feller
- (26922) Samara
- (85400) Shiratakachu