(19379) Labrecque Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 January 1998 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Steve LaBrecque (b. 1964) was responsible for the successful installation and operations of the NEAT/MSSS camera in 2000. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory he has also worked on the Mars orbital camera. Earlier he developed and serviced shipboard oceanographic equipment at the Lamont Doherty Geological Observatory.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Labrecque is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Labrecque is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19379 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BR7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.27 km (#10,098 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.175 |
| Rotation period | 2.60 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.67 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.281 |
| Inclination | 23.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.797 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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