(6984) Lewiscarroll Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 1994 by Shiozawa, H., Urata, T. at Fujieda.
Named after English fairy-tale author and mathematician Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832-1898). His great works Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass were loved not only by children, but by all generations throughout the world for over a century. Name and citation proposed by T. Urata.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lewiscarroll is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lewiscarroll is 3.59 au from the Sun and 4.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6984 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 AO |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 48.1 km (#788 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Rotation period | 24.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.72 |
| Orbital period | 7.96 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.23 – 4.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 16.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.