(15624) Lamberton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Melissa L. Lamberton for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. Melissa is a student at the Pistor Middle School, Tucson, Arizona.Naming citation (20011002/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lamberton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lamberton is 2.40 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15624 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HB31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.62 km (#13,670 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.162 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0457 |
| Inclination | 1.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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