(19250) Poullain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 August 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
François Poullain de la Barre (1647-1725) was a French priest, writer, and Cartesian and feminist philosopher. In 1673 he published a radical and philosophically-sophisticated defense of the equality of women and men.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Poullain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Poullain is 3.22 au from the Sun and 3.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19250 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PF26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.72 km (#6,855 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0900 |
| Rotation period | 9.57 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 3.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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