(636680) Lisaloring Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 October 2009 by Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Lisa Loring (1958–2023) was an American actress. She portrayed Wednesday in the 1960s sitcom The Addams Family. Her performance brought to life one of television’s most memorable child characters. This minor planet is a member of the Addams family, a collisional-asteroid family identified by Nesvorný and colleagues in 2024.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #8, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lisaloring is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lisaloring is 3.24 au from the Sun and 4.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number636680
Provisional designation2014 WE59
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.12
Orbital period4.78 years
Semi-major axis2.84 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.38 – 3.30 au
Eccentricity0.163
Inclination7.75°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.39 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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