(180932) Luciegreen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 June 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Lucinda (Lucie) Green (b. 1975) is a British physicist and science communicator. As a television and radio presenter, Green has appeared on programs like The Sky at Night and The Infinite Monkey Cage. Her research focuses on the Sun’s magnetic field, specifically the physics of coronal mass ejections and their effects on Earth.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #19, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Luciegreen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Luciegreen is 1.90 au from the Sun and 0.921 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 180932 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 LG31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.03 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.11 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.270 |
| Inclination | 7.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.873 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.