(3232) Brest Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1974 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Brest is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brest is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3232 |
| Provisional designation | 1974 SL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.6 km (#2,762 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.161 |
| Rotation period | 5.29 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0841 |
| Inclination | 9.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 September 1974
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- (2419) Moldavia
- (2756) Dzhangar
- (2977) Chivilikhin
- (3384) Daliya
- (3429) Chuvaev
- (4919) Vishnevskaya
- (4980) Magomaev
- (5014) Gorchakov
- (5043) Zadornov
- (5078) Solovjev-Sedoj
- (5300) Sats
More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh
- (1737) Severny
- (1771) Makover
- (1772) Gagarin
- (1789) Dobrovolsky
- (1790) Volkov
- (1792) Reni
- (1805) Dirikis
- (1828) Kashirina
- (1832) Mrkos
- (1833) Shmakova
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
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