(38044) Michaellucas Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Michael Lucas (b. 1965) is a research associate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee. He studies the geochemical histories of asteroids using telescopic spectroscopy of asteroids and petrology and spectroscopy of analog meteorites.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaellucas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaellucas is 1.92 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 38044 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SL62 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.62 km (#17,306 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.611 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.56 |
| Orbital period | 2.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.74 – 2.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0981 |
| Inclination | 20.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.832 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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