(24135) Lisann Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lauren Rose Lisann (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lisann is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lisann is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24135
Provisional designation1999 VA71
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.61 km (#11,411 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.120
Absolute magnitude (H)14.97
Orbital period4.28 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.59 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity0.0167
Inclination3.71°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.60 au

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

Also named after someone called Lauren

Also discovered on 4 November 1999

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