(20035) Lauriroche Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1992 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Lauri Roche (b. 1949) is a retired math, science, and special education teacher who joined RASC Victoria Centre in 1995 and leads local outreach activities. She was President of the club in 2011–2012, won the RASC Service Award in 2019, serves on the Education and Outreach Committee and is a director of the Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #15, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lauriroche is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lauriroche is 2.25 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20035 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SA4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.68 km (#15,901 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.427 |
| Rotation period | 2.58 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0727 |
| Inclination | 6.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lauri
All asteroids named after someone called Lauri
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- (21118) Hezimmermann
- (22348) Schmeidler
- (24749) Grebel
- (24750) Ohm
- (29250) Helmutmoritz
- (30883) de Broglie
- (32855) Zollitsch