(13644) Lynnanderson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 April 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Lynn Anderson (1947-2015), a multi-award-winning American country music singer, had a world-wide hit in 1970 with “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lynnanderson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lynnanderson is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13644 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HR10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.18 km (#5,634 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0910 |
| Rotation period | 21.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.51 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 0.433° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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