(29311) Lesire Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1994 by Elst, E. W., Pollas, C. at Caussols.
Though suffering severely from hardness of hearing from an early age and moving from one school to another, Louise Lesire (b. 1990) managed by extreme perseverance and help from her parents and teachers to finish high school successfully. She plans now to proceed with kinesitherapy in Ghent.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lesire is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lesire is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29311 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 BQ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.35 km (#5,519 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.184 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 14.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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