(18100) Lebreton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Jean-Pierre Lebreton (b. 1949), of the ESA/ESTEC Space Science Department, is project scientist for the Huygens probe.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lebreton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lebreton is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18100 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LE28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.56 km (#16,153 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.205 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 3.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.861 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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