(161699) Lisahardaway Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 April 2006 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Lisa R. Hardaway (1966-2017) was a program manager for Ball Aerospace, who managed the Ralph spectral imaging instrument for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lisahardaway is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lisahardaway is 3.51 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 161699 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 HR140 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 0.671° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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