(19282) Zhangcunhao Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 January 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Zhang Cunhao (b. 1928) is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an Academician of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. He is the founder of high-energy chemical lasers in China and was honored with China's State Supreme Science and Technology Award in 2013.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zhangcunhao is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zhangcunhao is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19282 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 AM15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.59 km (#6,076 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.93 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 0.251° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.