(25326) Lawrencesun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lawrence Sun (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2008 Society for Science and the Public middle school science competition, for his mathematics and computer science project. He attends the Highland Park Middle School, Beaverton, Oregon.Naming citation (20090111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lawrencesun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lawrencesun is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25326 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JB32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.83 km (#13,153 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0866 |
| Inclination | 3.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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