(15494) Lucylake Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lucy Annabelle Lake (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her engineering mechanics project. She attended the Barker College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lucylake is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lucylake is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15494 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CX123 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.5 km (#4,330 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 15.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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