(236728) Leandri Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 April 2007 by B. Christophe at Saint-Sulpice.

Andree Fernandez (b. 1939, née Leandri) is a retired software engineer at Meudon Observatory. She is still involved in the search for small TNOs using the Miosotys instrument.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-05-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Leandri is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leandri is 3.35 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number236728
Provisional designation2007 HP14
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.43 km (#9,827 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0380
Absolute magnitude (H)15.61
Orbital period5.57 years
Semi-major axis3.14 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.49 – 3.80 au
Eccentricity0.208
Inclination10.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.49 au

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

Also discovered on 19 April 2007

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