(19132) Le Clezio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
French-Mauritian novelist of more than 30 novels, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (b. 1940) is particularly well known for his Voyage to Rodrigues. He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature based on his “authorship of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy”.Naming citation (20081212/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Le Clezio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Le Clezio is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19132 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CL4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.07 km (#6,501 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 7.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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