(353429) Fairlamb Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 June 2011 by Pan-STARRS 1 at Haleakala.
John R. Fairlamb (b. 1988) is a British astronomer from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He works as a software specialist at the University of Hawaiʻi as part of the Pan-STARRS survey where he aids efforts to discover Near-Earth Objects. He graduated with a PhD in astronomy from the University of Leeds, where he studied mass accretion in Herbig Ae/Be stars.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fairlamb is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fairlamb is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 353429 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 QP46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| 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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