(19300) Xinglong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Xinglong is a county of Chengde city, Hebei Province, China. The Xinglong Observatory of the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the largest optical astronomical observatory site in Asia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #15, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xinglong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xinglong is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19300 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 SH6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.25 km (#12,149 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.295 |
| Rotation period | 17.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0631 |
| Inclination | 7.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.