(46568) Stevenlee Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1991 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.
Steven (Steve) Lee (b. 1956) has been a night assistant at the Anglo-Australian Telescope for the past two decades. He is also an active amateur astronomer and telescope maker, writing technical articles on these topics and encouraging interest in the amateur community. He visually discovered comet C/1999 H1 (Lee).Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stevenlee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stevenlee is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 46568 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 SL |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.11 km (#16,907 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.628 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 2.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0991 |
| Inclination | 19.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.780 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 September 1991
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- (7128) Misawa
- (8283) Edinburgh
- (9349) Lucas
- (10098) Jaymiematthews
- (14420) Massey
- (14424) Laval
- (14888) Kanazawashi
- (18376) Quirk
- (20015) Liguori