(39543) Aubriet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 August 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Claude Aubriet (1651-1742), a French painter of natural history, accompanied botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on his 1700 voyage to the Middle East. Aubriet made 489 illustrations for Tournefort's Elémens de Botanique and also made paintings of the voyage.Naming citation (20080122/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aubriet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aubriet is 3.18 au from the Sun and 4.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39543 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 PX7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.75 km (#6,824 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Rotation period | 8.07 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 8.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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