(65885) Lubenow Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 December 1997 by M. W. Buie at Anderson Mesa.
Alexander (Andy) F. Lubenow (b. 1956), the program coordinator at the Space Telescope Science Institute, has provided exceptional support to the Hubble Space Telescope as an innovator and expert observation planner, especially for solar system targets, over the lifetime of HST.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lubenow is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lubenow is 2.28 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 65885 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 YF20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0360 |
| Inclination | 5.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 December 1997
- (8432) Tamakasuga
- (10234) Sixtygarden
- (15938) Bohnenblust
- (16861) Lipovetsky
- (31189) Tricomi
- (31190) Toussaint
- (33103) Pintar
- (52649) Chrismith