(26435) Juliebrisset Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 December 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Julie Brisset (b. 1981) is a scientist at the Florida Space Institute-UCF (Orlando, FL). Her research focuses on the behavior of dust grains in microgravity conditions with applications to the structure of small body surfaces and rings in the solar system.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Juliebrisset is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliebrisset is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26435
Provisional designation1999 XS241
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.74 km (#11,131 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0780
Absolute magnitude (H)15.27
Orbital period3.48 years
Semi-major axis2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.95 – 2.64 au
Eccentricity0.151
Inclination4.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.964 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Julie

Also discovered on 13 December 1999

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