(19426) Leal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Eddy Leal (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental science project. He attends the Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040830/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Leal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leal is 2.46 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19426 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FP65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.79 km (#6,781 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Rotation period | 11.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 7.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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