19738 Calinger

19738 Calinger
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery siteLincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date4 January 2000
Designations
(19738) Calinger
Named after
Manetta Calinger
(DCYSC mentor)[2]
2000 AS97 · 1991 RZ36
main-belt · inner
background
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc26.88 yr (9,819 days)
Aphelion2.7043 AU
Perihelion1.8606 AU
2.2824 AU
Eccentricity0.1848
3.45 yr (1,260 days)
165.65°
0° 17m 8.88s / day
Inclination7.7356°
90.753°
280.16°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions3.272±0.082[3]
0.314±0.056[3]
14.1[1]

19738 Calinger (provisional designation 2000 AS97) is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 4 January 2000, by members of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico, and named after DCYSC-mentor Manetta Calinger.[2][4]

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