(204602) Lawrencebrown Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 April 2005 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Lawrence E. Brown (b. 1963) is a senior software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as the Lead Ground Software Engineer for the PEPSSI charged particle spectrometer aboard the NASA New Horizons spacecraft during the Jupiter, Pluto, and Arrokoth flybys, and the exploration of the Kuiper Belt and outer heliosphere.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lawrencebrown is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lawrencebrown is 2.85 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 204602 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GC205 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0384 |
| Inclination | 1.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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