(235750) Leahroberson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 2004 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Leah V. Roberson (b. 1963) is an American administrative manager at Southwest Research Institute. She has supported the Principal Investigators and team members of several NASA missions and instruments, including IMAGE, IES on Rosetta, MMS, New Horizons, Juno, Lucy, PUNCH, and MASPEX on Europa Clipper.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #4, 32), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Leahroberson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leahroberson is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 235750 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 TU353 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.43 km (#17,365 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.260 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 5.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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