(72819) Brunet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 April 2001 by St. Veran at St. Veran.
Following the Paris Observatory's 1974 decision to establish an observing station near Saint-Véran, Joseph Brunet (b. 1935) was one of the three people involved in the construction.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brunet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brunet is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 72819 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 HX |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.45 km (#7,142 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0672 |
| Inclination | 9.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.98 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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