(19443) Yanzhong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yan Zhong (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her mathematics project. She attends the Vero Beach High School, Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yanzhong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yanzhong is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19443 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FE109 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.54 km (#16,179 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.396 |
| Rotation period | 3.02 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 5.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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