(3153) Lincoln Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 1984 by B. A. Skiff at Anderson Mesa.
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Where Lincoln is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lincoln is 2.18 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3153 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 SH3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.00 km (#10,622 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.338 |
| Rotation period | 4.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 7.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 September 1984
- (3154) Grant
- (3155) Lee
- (3706) Sinnott
- (5945) Roachapproach
- (7393) Luginbuhl
- (8147) Colemanhawkins
- (11831) Chaple
- (24643) MacCready
- (35056) Cullers
More named asteroids discovered by B. A. Skiff
- (2525) O'Steen
- (2588) Flavia
- (2864) Soderblom
- (2881) Meiden
- (3140) Stellafane
- (3154) Grant
- (3155) Lee
- (3325) TARDIS
- (3434) Hurless
- (3505) Byrd
- (3617) Eicher
- (3637) O'Meara
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