(17944) Lansbury Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 May 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Angela Brigid Lansbury (1925–2022) was an Irish-British and American actress, producer, and singer. Beginning her film career in the 1940s with roles in Gaslight and The Picture of Dorian Gray, she later became a Broadway icon. She achieved worldwide fame as Jessica Fletcher in the television series Murder, She Wrote.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lansbury is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lansbury is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17944 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JF7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.68 km (#6,897 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Rotation period | 6.62 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 6.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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