19097

19097 is a minor planet in the asteroid belt, discovered on September 7, 1960, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory. It is named after the year of its discovery, 19097. The asteroid has a diameter of approximately 5 kilometers and orbits the Sun with a semi-major axis of about 2.7 astronomical units (AU). Its orbital period is roughly 4.4 Earth years, and it has an eccentricity of 0.15. The asteroid's rotation period is approximately 5.5 hours. 19097 is classified as a main-belt asteroid, a group of asteroids that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. It is part of the Flora family, a large group of asteroids that share similar orbital elements. The Flora family is believed to have originated from a collisional event that occurred about 100 million years ago. 19097 has a relatively low albedo, indicating that its surface is dark and composed of carbonaceous material. The asteroid's spectral type is C, which is characteristic of carbonaceous asteroids. 19097 is not a target for any planned missions or observations, but it is of interest to astronomers studying the composition and evolution of asteroids in the main belt.