(43768) Lynevans Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Lyn Evans (b. 1945) is a Welsh scientist and project leader of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Under his leadership, the Higgs boson was discovered in 2012.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lynevans is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lynevans is 3.46 au from the Sun and 4.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43768 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CH7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.32 km (#8,483 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.232 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.53 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.