(19173) Virginiaterese Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1991 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Virginia Terése Bogdanovich (b. 1948) helped to organize the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive. She is active in astronomy outreach through a leadership role in the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and volunteer work at the Mt. Wilson Observatory.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Virginiaterese is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Virginiaterese is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19173 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 GE2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.40 km (#6,229 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.188 |
| Rotation period | 10.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 14.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.927 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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