(19384) Winton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 1998 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M. at Klet.
Nicholas Winton (b. 1909), a British stockbroker, managed to save more than 600 Czech Jewish children from occupied Czechoslovakia by bringing them to Great Britain in 1938-1939. This is a great example of resistance and courage in the atmosphere of a totalitarian regime.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Winton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Winton is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19384 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 CP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.809 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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