(19234) Victoriahibbs Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 November 1993 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.

Victoria Pavin Hibbs (b. 1954) has been known to the discoverer since her birth. She is now a learning specialist for children in science and mathematics and a water color installation artist.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Victoriahibbs is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victoriahibbs is 2.39 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19234
Provisional designation1993 VC1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.30 km (#14,489 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.745
Absolute magnitude (H)14.73
Orbital period3.40 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.79 – 2.74 au
Eccentricity0.210
Inclination24.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.838 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Victoria

Also discovered on 9 November 1993

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